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Guwahati, August 27 : Meghalaya Chief Minister and the chief of Meghalaya’s ruling party National Peoples’ Party (NPP) Conrad K Sangma today won the South Tura by-election by defeating his nearest Congress rival Charlotte W Momin by over 8,400 votes.
Conrad secured a total of 13,656 votes, while his closest rival of the Congress, Charlotte W Momin, got 8,421 votes.
With Conrad's win, the National People’s Party's memeber has increased in 60-member Meghalaya Legislative assembly to 20 with the opposition Congress.
The by-poll to South Tura assembly constituency was necessitated following the resignation of NPP legislator Agatha Sangma to pave away her brother and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma to contest from the constituency and being elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly to continue in the role of the Chief Minister.
On the other hand, United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate Pius Marwein won the Ranikor by-poll by his nearest NPP rival Martin M Danggo by 3390 votes.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
