Meghalaya: NPP's candidate Sniawabhalang Dhar wins from Nartiang constituency

National People's Party (NPP) leader Sniawabhalang Dhar won from the Nartiang constituency by 1947 votes on March 2.

This is the first win of the NPP in the Assembly election.

He secured 16,969 votes as against Laloo’s tally of 14,846 votes while independent candidate Generous Paslein was third with 7,404 votes.

Meanwhile, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma-led National People's Party (NPP) had crossed halfway mark as it was leading in 30 seats, however, alter it came to 24 seats.

The recently held Assembly elections recorded 63.91 per cent of voter turnout as per the Election Commission (ECI).

Out of 60 Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 36 constituencies fall in Khasi, Jaintia Hills region while 24 are in Garo Hills region.

It is worth mentioning that polling for the Sohiong Assembly constituency was postponed following the demise of the state's former Home Minister and United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate from the seat HDR Lyngdoh.

There were over 21 lakh voters of which 10.99 lakh are women and 10.68 lakh were male.

Besides this, around 369 candidates were in the fray of which 36 were women.

In the wake of the election, the Election Commission of India had deployed 119 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in Meghalaya.