Congress wins Ampati Assembly seat in Meghalaya

Congress candidate Miani D Shira wins Ampati Assembly seat in Meghalaya against her nearest rival of the National People's Party (NPP) C G Momin after second round of counting for the Ampati Assembly seat, Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor said.

The by-poll was necessitated after Mukul relinquished the seat in March after he was elected from here as well as Songsak assembly constituency defeating senior NPP leader Nihim Dalbot Shira.

The NPP candidate was supported by the coalition partners of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government.


The seat fell vacant after Shira's father and Congress leader Mukul Sangma, who won from two seats in the Assembly elections, vacated the seat.