Dalu Assembly constituency

Dalu Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.^[1]

Dalu
Constituency No. 57 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	West Garo Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Tura
Established	2003
Total electors	22,157
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Brening Sangma
Party	National People's Party (India)
Elected year	2023

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

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[2]

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
Turnout			18,778	84.75%	3.32
Registered electors			22,157		18.87
	NPP hold		Swing	6.14

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[3]

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
Turnout			16,417	88.07%	1.16
Registered electors			18,640		16.32
	NPP gain from INC		Swing	1.41

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[4]

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
Turnout			14,300	89.24%	2.09
Registered electors			16,025		6.45
	INC hold		Swing	12.02

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[5]

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
Turnout			13,748	91.32%	19.42
Registered electors			15,054		2.13
	INC gain from NCP		Swing	1.54

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[6]

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
Turnout			11,060	71.90%	1.90
Registered electors			15,382		7.21
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing	2.98

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[7]

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
Turnout			10,589	75.35%	7.80
Registered electors			14,347		13.24
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	7.81

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[8]

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
Turnout			10,340	83.15%	2.74
Registered electors			12,670		25.48
	INC hold		Swing	10.31

Assembly Election 1988

1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[9]

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
Turnout			7,964	81.30%	4.87
Registered electors			10,097		20.20
	INC hold		Swing	4.54

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[10]

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
Turnout			6,216	76.76%	7.43
Registered electors			8,400		8.12
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	4.22

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[11]

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
Turnout			5,172	69.66%	18.39
Registered electors			7,769		35.82
	Independent gain from AHL		Swing	41.52

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Dalu^[12]

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

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• West Garo Hills district