Election in Meghalaya 2014

Meghalaya is a small state situated in the north eastern part of India. Earlier it was the part of Assam and was formed as a separate state in 1972. There are two parliamentary constituencies and elections for the same will take place on 9th April.

Meghalaya general elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the General elections are as below:

Phase 2
No of PCs going to poll 2	(PC no. 1 to 2)
Issue of Notification	15 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	09 Apr 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

List of Parliamentary Constituencies

P.C. No.	P.C. Name	P.C. No.	P.C. Name
1	Shillong	2	Tura

Political Parties in Meghalaya

The major political parties in Meghalaya are:

• The Indian National Congress (INC)
• The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)
• All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
• Communist Party of India
• Garo National Council
• Hill States People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP)
• Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP)
• Meghalaya Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
• United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) UDP
• Khun Hynniewtrep National awakening Movement (KHNAM)

Administration process

The state is administered by the state government. Chief minister along with his council of ministers are responsible for looking after the various departments that are concerned towards the development of the state. The Governor is appointed by the President of India with a term of five years.

List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya

Sr. No	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Williamson A. Sangma (state becomes autonomous)	Apr 2, 1970	Jul 21, 1972	APHLC
2	W.A. Sangma	Jul 21, 1972	Mar 18, 1973	APHLC
3	W.A. Sangma	Mar 18, 1973	Nov 21, 1976	APHLC
4	W.A. Sangma	Nov 22, 1976	Mar 3, 1978	INC
5	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Mar 10, 1978	Feb 21, 1979	APHLC
6	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Feb 21, 1979	May 6, 1979	APHLC
7	B.B. Lyngdoh	May 7, 1979	May 7, 1981	APHLC
8	W.A. Sangma	May 7, 1981	Feb 24, 1983	INC
9	B.B. Lyngdoh	Mar 2, 1983	Mar 31, 1983	APHLC
10	W.A. Sangma	Apr 2, 1983	Feb 5, 1988	INC
11	P.A. Sangma	Feb 6, 1988	Mar 25, 1990	INC
12	B.B. Lyngdoh	Mar 26, 1990	Oct 10, 1991	HPU
	President’s rule	Oct 11, 1991	Feb 5, 1992
13	D.D. Lapang	Feb 5, 1992	Feb 19, 1993	INC
14	S.C. Marak	Feb 19, 1993	Feb 27, 1998	INC
15	S.C. Marak	Feb 27, 1998	Mar 10, 1998	INC
16	B.B. Lyngdoh	Mar 10, 1998	Mar 8, 2000	UDP
17	E.K. Mawlong	Mar 8, 2000	Dec 8, 2001	UDP
18	Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Dec 8, 2001	Mar 4, 2003	IND
19	D.D. Lapang	Mar 4, 2003	Jun 15, 2006	INC
20	J. D. Rymbai	Jun 15, 2006	Mar 10, 2007	INC
21	D.D. Lapang	Mar 10, 2007	Mar 4, 2008	INC
22	D.D. Lapang	Mar 4, 2008	Mar 19, 2008	INC
23	Donkupar Roy	Mar 19, 2008	Mar 18, 2009	UDP
	President’s rule	Mar 18, 2009	May 12, 2009
24	D.D. Lapang	May 13, 2009	Apr 19, 2010	INC
25	Mukul Sangma	Apr 20, 2010	Present	INC

List of Governors of Meghalaya

Sr. No	Name of Governors	From	To
1	Braj Kumar Nehru	1 April, 1970	September. 1973
2	Lallan Prasad Singh	September 1973	Aug 10, 1981
3	Prakash Chandra Mehrotra	Aug 11, 1981	28 March, 1984
4	Triveni Sahai Misra	29 March, 1984	15 April, 1984
5	Bhishma Narain Singh	16 April, 1984	10 May, 1989
6	Harideo Joshi	11 May, 1989	26 July, 1989
7	Abubakar Abdul Rahim	Jul 27, 1989	8 May, 1990
8	Madhukar Dighe	9 May, 1990	18 June, 1995
9	M. M. Jacob	19 June, 1995	11 April, 2007
10	Banwari Lal Joshi	Apr 12, 2007	28 October, 2007
11	Shivinder Singh Sidhu	29 October, 2007	30 June, 2008
12	Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary	Jul 1, 2008	Jun 30, 2013
13	K. K. Paul	Jul 1, 2013	Present