SHILLONG: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday congratulated Thomas A Sangma for "being unanimously" elected the new Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
Conrad Sangma on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second consecutive term, while Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Meghalaya in Shillong. In Meghalaya, the NPP-led alliance, with the support of 45 MLAs including two of the BJP has formed the government in the state. Sangma's NPP won 26 seats in the Assembly elections. BJP and NPP were partners in the outgoing government, but fought the assembly polls separately.
Sangma won from the South Tura constituency with a margin of 5,016 against BJP's Bernard N Marak, as per the data shared by the Election Commission of India on March 2.
United Democratic Party (UDP) bagged 11 seats in the results of assembly polls announced on Thursday. Congress won five seats. Trinamool Congress, which had inducted all Congress MLAs in the previous assembly, also got five seats. BJP, People's Democratic Front and Hill State People's Democratic Party bagged two seats each. Voice of the People Party got four seats. And two seats were won by independent candidates. (ANI)
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