Of the total of 60 Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 24 are in Garo Hills region while 36 constituencies fall in Khasi, Jaintia Hills region.
Voting for the 59 constituencies in the 2023 Meghalaya election took place in a single phase on 27 February.
Following the demise of the state’s former Home Minister and United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate HDR Lyngdoh on 20 February, polling for the Sohiong Assembly constituency has been postponed.
In all, there were 369 candidates in the fray, including 36 women.
According to the Election Commission, there are a total of 21,40,453 registered voters in Meghalaya, of which 10,59,109 are male voters and 10,81,342 are female voters. There are also 02 registered transgender voters.
Here is the age profile of the electorate:
18-19 years: 89,564 voters
20-29 years: 6,86,082 voters
30-39 years: 5,49,730 voters
40-59 years: 6,03,558 voters
Above 60 years: 2,11,519 voters
In the last Assembly elections of 2018, 20 seats were won by NPP who formed an…