Dalu Assembly Constituency
Dalu Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.
It is part of West Garo Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023, it is represented by Brening Sangma of the National People's Party.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Nimosh Sangma | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
| 1978 | Mukul Das | Independent politician | |
| 1983 | Kamal R. Bhowmik | Indian National Congress | |
| 1988 | Mountabatien K. Sangma | ||
| 1993 | Archibold A. Sangma | ||
| 1998 | Nityanarayan Smchang | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2003 | Samuel Sangma | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2008 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2013 | Kenethson Sangma | ||
| 2018 | Brening Sangma | National People's Party | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
Assembly Election 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Brening Sangma | 5,834 | 31.07% |  6.14
| |
| BJP | Akki A Sangma | 5,307 | 28.26% | 8.15
| |
| AITC | Sengkal A Sangma | 3,104 | 16.53% | New | |
| Independent | Sarbha R. Marak | 2,069 | 11.02% | New | |
| Independent | Promod S. Koch | 694 | 3.70% | New | |
| UDP | Kenethson Sangma | 635 | 3.38% |  10.94
| |
| RPI(A) | Panseng R. Marak | 447 | 2.38% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,622 | 8.64% | 7.80
| |
| Margin of victory | 527 | 2.81% | 1.97
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| Turnout | 18,778 | 84.75% | 3.32
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| Registered electors | 22,157 | 18.87
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| NPP hold | Swing | 6.14
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Assembly Election 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Brening Sangma | 4,092 | 24.93% | New | |
| INC | Kenethson Sangma | 3,308 | 20.15% | 3.37
| |
| BJP | Kurosh M. Marak | 3,302 | 20.11% | 8.94
| |
| UDP | Sengkal A Sangma | 2,352 | 14.33% | New | |
| NCP | Dorendro M. Sangma | 1,676 | 10.21% | New | |
| Independent | Moromi K. Marak | 1,007 | 6.13% | New | |
| Independent | Silgra N. Marak | 419 | 2.55% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 138 | 0.84% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 784 | 4.78% | 1.43
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| Turnout | 16,417 | 88.07% | 1.16
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| Registered electors | 18,640 | 16.32
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| NPP gain from INC | Swing | 1.41
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Assembly Election 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kenethson Sangma | 3,363 | 23.52% | 12.02
| |
| SP | Brening Sangma | 2,885 | 20.17% | New | |
| Independent | Kurosh M. Marak | 2,548 | 17.82% | New | |
| Independent | Sengkal A Sangma | 2,033 | 14.22% | New | |
| BJP | Sisir Marak | 1,598 | 11.17% | 9.51
| |
| GNC | Bolison D. Sangma | 1,111 | 7.77% | New | |
| Independent | Joyferry N. Sangma | 762 | 5.33% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 478 | 3.34% | 1.31
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| Turnout | 14,300 | 89.24% | 2.09
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| Registered electors | 16,025 | 6.45
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| INC hold | Swing | 12.02
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Assembly Election 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Samuel Sangma | 4,886 | 35.54% | 21.23
| |
| Independent | Nityanarayan Smchang | 4,606 | 33.50% | New | |
| NCP | Panseng R. Marak | 3,146 | 22.88% | 11.11
| |
| UDP | Gopal A. Sangma | 478 | 3.48% | New | |
| BJP | Godwin D. Shira | 229 | 1.67% | 29.91
| |
| Independent | Jan N. Arengh | 228 | 1.66% | New | |
| LJP | Chris Kabul A. Sangma | 175 | 1.27% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 280 | 2.04% | 0.39
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| Turnout | 13,748 | 91.32% | 19.42
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| Registered electors | 15,054 | 2.13
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| INC gain from NCP | Swing | 1.54
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Assembly Election 2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Samuel Sangma | 3,760 | 34.00% | New | |
| BJP | Nityanarayan Smchang | 3,492 | 31.57% | 5.40
| |
| Independent | Archibold A. Sangma | 1,904 | 17.22% | New | |
| INC | Panseng R. Marak | 1,583 | 14.31% | 19.83
| |
| Independent | Premananda Sangma | 321 | 2.90% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 268 | 2.42% | 0.41
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| Turnout | 11,060 | 71.90% | 1.90
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| Registered electors | 15,382 | 7.21
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| NCP gain from BJP | Swing | 2.98
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Assembly Election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nityanarayan Smchang | 3,915 | 36.97% | 27.48
| |
| INC | Archibold Sangma | 3,615 | 34.14% | 10.65
| |
| Independent | Tapseng Sangma | 2,416 | 22.82% | New | |
| Independent | Mountabatien K. Sangma | 330 | 3.12% | New | |
| GNC | Anthony Marak | 244 | 2.30% | New | |
| UDP | Piterlawford Marak | 69 | 0.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 300 | 2.83% | 16.58
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| Turnout | 10,589 | 75.35% | 7.80
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| Registered electors | 14,347 | 13.24
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| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 7.81
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Assembly Election 1993
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Archibold A. Sangma | 4,631 | 44.79% | 10.31
| |
| AHL(AM) | Nityanarayan Smchang | 2,624 | 25.38% | New | |
| MPPP | Mountabatien K. Sangma | 1,119 | 10.82% | New | |
| HPU | Anthony Marak | 985 | 9.53% | 14.62
| |
| BJP | Beharon Sangma | 981 | 9.49% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,007 | 19.41% | 9.08
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| Turnout | 10,340 | 83.15% | 2.74
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| Registered electors | 12,670 | 25.48
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| INC hold | Swing | 10.31
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Assembly Election 1988
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mountabatien K. Sangma | 2,746 | 34.48% | 4.54
| |
| HPU | Archibold A. Sangma | 1,923 | 24.15% | New | |
| Independent | Nityanarayan Smchang | 1,915 | 24.05% | New | |
| CPI | Robin Rema | 840 | 10.55% | 4.02
| |
| Independent | Ronald Marak | 540 | 6.78% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 823 | 10.33% | 0.16
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| Turnout | 7,964 | 81.30% | 4.87
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| Registered electors | 10,097 | 20.20
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| INC hold | Swing | 4.54
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Assembly Election 1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kamal R. Bhowmik | 1,861 | 29.94% | 6.04
| |
| Independent | Mukul Das | 1,209 | 19.45% | New | |
| Independent | Nimosh Sangma | 923 | 14.85% | New | |
| Independent | Aboni Hajong | 884 | 14.22% | New | |
| AHL | Momindra Marak | 420 | 6.76% | 13.35
| |
| CPI | Nipendralal Misra | 406 | 6.53% | 3.33
| |
| Independent | Probir Raksam | 340 | 5.47% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 652 | 10.49% | 8.67
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| Turnout | 6,216 | 76.76% | 7.43
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| Registered electors | 8,400 | 8.12
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| INC gain from Independent | Swing | 4.22
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Assembly Election 1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mukul Das | 1,330 | 25.72% | New | |
| INC | Nimosh Sangma | 1,236 | 23.90% | New | |
| AHL | Lamberth K. Sangma | 1,040 | 20.11% | 47.13
| |
| INC(I) | Anukul Chandra Marak | 925 | 17.88% | New | |
| CPI | Robin Rema | 510 | 9.86% | New | |
| Independent | Samir Ranjan Bhattacharjee | 131 | 2.53% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 94 | 1.82% | 32.65
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| Turnout | 5,172 | 69.66% | 18.39
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| Registered electors | 7,769 | 35.82
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| Independent gain from AHL | Swing | 41.52
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Assembly Election 1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHL | Nimosh Sangma | 1,853 | 67.24% | New | |
| Independent | Lamberth K. Sangma | 903 | 32.76% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 950 | 34.47% | |||
| Turnout | 2,756 | 52.01% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,720 | ||||
| AHL win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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