Pynursla Assembly constituency

Pynursla is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.^[2] It was created after the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008^[3] and had its first election in 2013. It is part of East Khasi Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023 it is represented by Prestone Tynsong of the National People's Party.

Pynursla
Constituency No. 27 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Shillong
Established	2008
Total electors	38,907[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prestone Tynsong
Party	National People's Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2013[4]	Prestone Tynsong		Indian National Congress
2018[5]			National People's Party
2023[1]

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Prestone Tynsong	13,745	39.70%	2.45
	INC	Nehru Suting	5,605	16.19%	12.44
	UDP	Anthony Justine Kongwang	5,377	15.53%	18.15
	Independent	Don Kupar Massar	4,828	13.95%	New
	VPP	Manbhalang Thabah	3,482	10.06%	New
	AITC	Edmund Khongngai	1,204	3.48%	New
	BJP	Rowelly Khongsni	377	1.09%	0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	148	0.43%	0.26
Margin of victory			8,140	23.51%	15.04
Turnout			34,618	88.98%	2.55
Registered electors			38,907		17.20
	NPP hold		Swing	2.45

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Prestone Tynsong	12,807	42.15%	New
	UDP	Nehru Suting	10,233	33.68%	2.90
	PDF	Grace Mary Kharpuri	5,295	17.43%	New
	INC	Dr. Jelington Ryngdong	1,141	3.76%	42.30
	BJP	Banteilang Singh Rumnong	355	1.17%	New
	AAP	Denis Tynsiar	199	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	208	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			2,574	8.47%	6.81
Turnout			30,383	91.53%	1.72
Registered electors			33,196		16.37
	NPP gain from INC		Swing	3.90

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prestone Tynsong	12,251	46.06%	New
	UDP	Banalari Khongwar	8,187	30.78%	New
	Independent	Don Kupar Massar	6,162	23.17%	New
Margin of victory			4,064	15.28%
Turnout			26,600	93.24%
Registered electors			28,527
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• East Khasi Hills district