Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has defeated his rival Bernard Marak of the BJP and won the South Tura constituency with 10,090 votes, the Election Commission announced on Thursday.
The Commission announced the result after counting of ballots cast in the February 27 Assembly elections concluded.
Marak managed to receive 7,260 votes.
Sangma expressed satisfaction and thanked people for voting for his National People’s Party (NPP).
The NPP is leading in as many as 26 seats out of 60 Assembly constituencies and is set to retain power in the hill state for a second consecutive term.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister’s elder brother James Pangsang K. Sangma, and a three-time NPP MLA, was defeated by Rupa M. Marak of the Trinamool Congress in the Dadenggre constituency by a narrow margin of just 18 votes.
James Sangma got 15,684 votes, while Marak received 15,702.
Assam CM will decide on alliance with NPP: Meghalaya BJP leader
BJP Meghalaya leader Sanbor Shullai on Thursday said that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will take a call on an alliance with the state’s ruling National People’s Party (NPP).
After winning the South Shillong Assembly seat, Shullai told reporters here: “I am very happy. I want to thank the people. Last time I won by a margin of 6,000 votes, and the figure gets doubled this time.”
When he was asked about the BJP’s seeming to end in the single digits though the party leaders earlier claimed that they would win at least 15 seats this time, the party leader said” “The results are still coming. We should wait for the final verdict.”
Meanwhile, he also commented that whether the BJP would support the NPP-led government and be a constituent will be decided by the Assam Chief Minister.
“We will be meeting Himanta Biswa Sarma this evening. He will decide about forging an alliance with the NPP to form the government in Meghalaya,” he added.
