NPP win Selsella seat

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 23, 2019

SHILLONG: The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) candidate Ferlin CA Sangma won the Selsella Assembly seat by a margin of 4,369 votes.

Ferlin’s victory has helped the NPP to emerge as the single largest party in the state by increasing its strength to 21 in the 60-member Assembly.

She polled 15,781 votes and defeated her nearest opponent Congress candidate June Eliana R. Marak, who got 11,412 votes.

The bye-election to Selsella Assembly constituency was necessitated following the demise of sitting Congress MLA and former minister, Clement R Marak the husband of June Eliana R. Marak.

The other candidates, Adorsho Sangma of the BJP polled 1,018 votes, and Sayeedullah Nongrum of the United Democratic Party (UDP) got 543 votes.