South Shillong Assembly constituency

South Shillong is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.^[2] It is part of East Khasi Hills district. It falls under Shillong Lok Sabha constituency and comprises Wards 22 to 27 of the Shillong Municipal Corporation as well as Shillong Cantonment.^[3] Its current MLA is Sanbor Shullai of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]

South Shillong
Constituency No. 19 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	34,186[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanbor Shullai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2013	Sanbor Shullai		Nationalist Congress Party
2018			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: South Shillong^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanbor Shullai	14,213	67.12%	18.23
	VPP	Danny Langstieh	2,604	12.30%	New
	Independent	Angela G. Rangad	1,714	8.09%	New
	AITC	Ian Andrew Lyngdoh Nongkynrih	1,560	7.37%	New
	INC	Venetia Pearl Mawlong	1,086	5.13%	21.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	444	2.10%	0.38
Margin of victory			11,609	54.82%	32.58
Turnout			21,177	61.95%	10.08
Registered electors			34,186		7.43
	BJP hold		Swing	18.23

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: South Shillong^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanbor Shullai	11,204	48.88%	35.52
	INC	Manas Chaudhuri	6,107	26.64%	2.26
	NPP	Sounder Strong Cajee	3,604	15.72%	14.38
	NCP	Vikash Gupta	1,085	4.73%	29.65
	Independent	Moon Lyngdoh	147	0.64%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	393	1.71%	New
Margin of victory			5,097	22.24%	16.75
Turnout			22,921	72.03%	3.32
Registered electors			31,822		14.85
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing	14.50

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: South Shillong^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sanbor Shullai	7,179	34.38%	New
	INC	Manas Chaudhuri	6,034	28.90%	New
	Independent	Sounder Strong Cajee	3,151	15.09%	New
	BJP	Augustine Lakiang	2,789	13.36%	New
	UDP	Edward L. Kharwanlang	1,316	6.30%	New
	NPP	Mehboob K. Lyngdoh	281	1.35%	New
	SP	Binod Kumar Joshi	129	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			1,145	5.48%
Turnout			20,879	75.35%
Registered electors			27,708
	NCP win (new seat)

See also

• Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)
• East Khasi Hills district