Hill State People's Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
| President | KP Pangniang[1] |
| Secretary | Embin |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | NDA MDA (2021) (Meghalaya) |
| Seats in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | 2 / 60 |
| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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TheHill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) is a regional political party active in the state ofMeghalaya, northeast India. Formed in 1968 as a split from theAll Party Hill Leaders Conference byHopingstone Lyngdoh, the HSPDP has had representatives in theMeghalaya Legislative Assembly since the Assembly's first elections in 1972. The HSPDP has been a junior member of coalition governments in Meghalaya on a number of occasions and following the2018 election and2023 election joined theNational People's Party-ledgovernment ofChief MinisterConrad Sangma.
The HSPDP is part of theNorth-East Regional Political Front, which consists of the regional northeastern parties supporting theBJP-ledNational Democratic Alliance government.
Shri "Hoping Stone" Lyngdoh was the president of the HSPDP, one of three official political parties of the state ofMeghalaya inIndia. At the time of his death, Lyngdoh was the oldest serving representative member in Meghalaya and had never been defeated in Legislative Assembly election. In the initial period, the party as a whole championed the cause of separate statehood for Meghalaya, which became a reality on 21 January 1972. People refer him by the respectful title of "Ma-Hoping". Now he is the current MLA of Nongstoin Constituency. The party as a whole won four seats in the legislative Assembly as of 2012.
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