Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya

The dataset contains political party type and name-wise Seats Contested, Seats Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats in assembly elections of Meghalaya for each election year. Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.

Rows: 366
Columns: 9
Time period: 1972, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	Seats Contested	56	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	60	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	Indian National Congress	INC	Seats Contested	60	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	National Peoples Party	NPEP	Seats Contested	57	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	Hill State People's Democratic Party	HSPDP	Seats Contested	11	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	People's Democratic Front	PDF	Seats Contested	9	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	United Democratic Party	UDP	Seats Contested	46	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party - Other States	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)	Seats Contested	3	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	Registered Unrecognised Party	Gana Suraksha Party	GNASURKP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	Registered Unrecognised Party	Garo National Council	GNC	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	11	366	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	366	The Indian state for which the electoral statistics are reported.
party_type	String	5	366	The classification of the political party, such as national or state party.
party_name	String	40	366	The full name of the political party contesting or holding assembly seats.
party_abbreviation	String	50	366	The commonly used abbreviated acronym for the political party.
seats_type	String	3	366	The type of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	String	64	366	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seats type for the party.
unit	String	1	366	The unit of measurement for the reported value, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or clarifications pertaining to the reported seat data.

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya

Rows: 366
Columns: 9
Time period: 1972, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	Seats Contested	56	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	60	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	Indian National Congress	INC	Seats Contested	60	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	National Party	National Peoples Party	NPEP	Seats Contested	57	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	Hill State People's Democratic Party	HSPDP	Seats Contested	11	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	People's Democratic Front	PDF	Seats Contested	9	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party	United Democratic Party	UDP	Seats Contested	46	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	State Party - Other States	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)	Seats Contested	3	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	Registered Unrecognised Party	Gana Suraksha Party	GNASURKP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Meghalaya	Registered Unrecognised Party	Garo National Council	GNC	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	11	366	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	366	The Indian state for which the electoral statistics are reported.
party_type	String	5	366	The classification of the political party, such as national or state party.
party_name	String	40	366	The full name of the political party contesting or holding assembly seats.
party_abbreviation	String	50	366	The commonly used abbreviated acronym for the political party.
seats_type	String	3	366	The type of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	String	64	366	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seats type for the party.
unit	String	1	366	The unit of measurement for the reported value, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or clarifications pertaining to the reported seat data.

Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya

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