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Meghalaya By Polls: NPP wins 2, UDP wins 1 Assembly seat

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Guwahati: The NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance on Tuesday clinched all three assembly seats where by polls were held on October 30.

The National Peoples Party sealed Rajabala and Mawryngkneng seats from the Congress, while the United Democratic Party, a partner in the MDA government, emerged won in Mawphlang. NPPs nominee in Rajabala, Md. Abdus Saleh, defeated his nearest Congress rival Hashina Yasmin Mondal by a margin of 1,926 votes.

NPP’s nominee in Rajabala, Md. Abdus Saleh, defeated Congress’ rival Hashina Yasmin Mondal by a margin of 1,926 votes.
Pyniaid Sing Syiem of the NPP managed to gather Mawryngkneng seat, defeating Congress’ Highlander Kharmalki by a margin of 1,816 votes.

Syiem got 14,177 votes, while Kharmalki secured 12,361.

Former national footballer Eugeneson Lyngdoh, who contested the bypoll to Mawphlang constituency on a UDP ticket, defeated his nearest rival KC Khyriem of the Congress.

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