People's Democratic Movement (Meghalaya)

The People's Democratic Movement (PDM) was a political party in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. Founded in 1997, the PDM successfully won three seats in the 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. The parties' three representatives were: Martin Danggo, Elston Roy Kharkongor and Cyprian R Sangma.^[1] The party failed to win any seats in the 2003 Assembly election and in December 2003 merged with the Indian National Congress (INC).^[2]

Legislative Assembly election results^[1][3]

	Seats			Votes
	Contested	Won	+/-	Total	%	+/-
1998	19	3		58,225	6.95
2003	8	0	3	16,425	1.8	4.1

People's Democratic Movement
Founded	1997
Dissolved	2003
Merged into	Indian National Congress
ECI Status	State
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