The 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 17 February 1983.
No party secured a majority of seats and no women were elected.
A coalition named the Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party was formed by the
All Party Hill Leaders Conference
The All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) is a political party of the Indian state of Meghalaya and Assam. The founder president of the party was Mr Williamson A. Sangma.
The party had made major gains in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ...
(AHL), the
Hill State People's Democratic Party
The Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) is a regional political party active in the state of Meghalaya, northeast India. Formed in 1968 as a split from the All Party Hill Leaders Conference by Hopingstone Lyngdoh, the HSPDP has had re ...
, the
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) and two independent members. On 2 March 1983 the coalition presented
B. B. Lyngdoh
Brington Buhai Lyngdoh or B. B. Lyngdoh (2 February 1922 – 27 October 2003) was former Chief Ministers of Meghalaya, a state in north-eastern India. He was born at Laitlyngkot, a village twenty-five kilometres away from Shillong, on 2 Fe ...
from AHL as Chief Minister. However, the coalition only lasted 29 days and on 2 April a new coalition, the Meghalaya Democratic Forum, was formed with the
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
(INC) in the lead.
W. A. Sangma of the INC was appointed Chief Minister.
Results
In the 1978 election, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; at that time, the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.
Elected Members
References
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Meghalaya
Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...
State Assembly elections in Meghalaya