Highlights | West Shillong Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election Result 2023: Paul Lyngdoh Of UDP Wins By Huge Margin
West Shillong Assembly Election 2023 Result Highlights: The winner of the legislative assembly election for Meghalaya’s seat number 18 - West Shillong is announced. The heat was observed between Mohendro Rapsang of NPP and Paul Lyngdoh of UDP, with the latter taking the win.
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West Shillong Meghalaya Assembly Election 2023 Results: Paul Lyngdoh of UDP Wins the West Shillong seat in the Meghalaya assembly election 2023 with 7,580 votes in total. The trailing candidate - Mohendro Rapsang, bagged 4,358 votes. Thus, bagging a win by a margin of 3,485 votes.
The West Shillong seat in Meghalaya falls in the East Khasi Hills district of the state with a total voter count of 25,181. Out of these, 13,456 were male and 13,725 female and no registered voters from the third gender were observed.
In this Vidhan Sabha chunav, a total of 6 candidates are participating, namely Raja Jyrwa of VPP, Paul Lyngdoh of UDP, Mohendro Rapsang of NPP, Iwan Maria of TMC, Ernest Mawrie of BJP, and Bethleen Dkhar of INC. A strong fight is expected between BJP and INC candidates - Ernest Mawrie and Bethleen Dkhar, respectively.
Talking of the voter turnout, it remained at 68.64 per cent this year, relatively lesser than in the 2018 legislative elections. The West Shillong reservation is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe. Furthermore, Mohendro Rapsang of the Indian National Congress won the seat with a margin of 1,984 votes against Paul Lyngdoh of UDP. Well, INC has a vote share of 52.56 per cent in the last elections on this seat.
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