Meghalaya Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | MDP |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Shillong |
| Seats in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | 0 / 60 |
TheMeghalaya Democratic Party (MDP) is a political party in the north-east Indian state ofMeghalaya formed in 2002.[1] The party formed as a split from theUnited Democratic Party.[2]
Following the2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, the party secured four seats and joined the governingMeghalaya Democratic Alliance coalition under Chief MinisterD. D. Lapang.[3] The party secured three ministerial seats in the first cabinet, however, following implementation of 91st Constitutional amendment in 2004, the cabinet was reduced from 39 to 12, with the MDP losing all seats in the cabinet.[4]
The party lost its four seats in the2008 elections, was unable to win any seats in the2013 election and did not field any candidates in the2018 election.[5][6][7]
| Seats | Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | Total | % | +/- | |
| 2003 | 18 | 4 | 47,852 | 5.31 | ||
| 2008 | 18 | 0 |  4 | 30,691 | 2.78 | 2.53 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |  | 6,098 | 0.46 | 2.32 |
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