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|abbreviation = MDP
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|foundation = 2002
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|headquarters = Shillong
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|state_seats_name = [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
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The '''Meghalaya Democratic Party''' (MDP) is a political party in the north-east Indian state of [[Meghalaya]] formed in 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Ramashray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYiHAwAAQBAJ|title=India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives|last2=Wallace|first2=Paul|date=2007|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-0110-9|pages=245|language=en}}</ref> The party formed as a split from the [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party.]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baruah|first=Apurba K.|date=2003|title=Elections 2003: Decline of Regionalism|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=38|issue=16|pages=1538–1541|jstor=4413452|issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

Following the [[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]], the party secured four seats and joined the governing [[Meghalaya Democratic Alliance]] coalition under Chief Minister [[D. D. Lapang]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2003/mar/04megh.htm|title=Congress asked to form Meghalaya govt|date=4 March 2003|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/meghalaya-ministry-downsized/233255|title=Meghalaya ministry downsized|date=6 July 2004|website=Outlook India|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>

The party lost its four seats in the [[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2008 elections]], was unable to win any seats in the [[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013 election]] and did not field any candidates in the [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018 election]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3688-meghalaya-2008/|title=Meghalaya 2008|website=Electoral Commission of India|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3690-meghalaya-2013/|title=Meghalaya 2013|website=Electoral Commission of India|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3694-meghalaya-general-legislative-election-2018/|title=Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018|website=Electoral Commission of India|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Legislative Assembly election results<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/|title=Meghalaya 2003|website=Electoral Commission of India|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Votes
|-
!
!Contested
!Won
!+/-
!Total
!%
!+/-
|-
|[[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|18
|4
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|47,852
|5.31
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
|[[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|18
|0
|{{Decrease}} 4
|30,691
|2.78
|{{Decrease}} 2.53
|-
|[[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|2
|0
|{{Steady}}
|6,098
|0.46
|{{Decrease}} 2.32
|}

==References==
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{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties in Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2002]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in Meghalaya]]

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Meghalaya Democratic Party - Revision history

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