Loading
Prediction market on metaculus. Meghalaya has one Rajya Sabha (upper house of India's Parliament) seat, currently held by Wanweiroy Kharlukhi of the National People's Party (NPP), whose term ends 21 June 2026. The Election Commission of India has scheduled the election with the following timeline: notification on 1 June 2026, last date for nominations 8 June 2026, scrutiny 9 June 2026, last date for withdrawal 11 June 2026, and (if needed) poll and counting on 18 June 2026. The electoral college consists of all 60 elected MLAs of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. Under Section 53(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, if after the withdrawal deadline only one validly nominated candidate remains, the Returning Officer declares that candidate elected unopposed without a poll being held. If two or more candidates remain, a poll is conducted using the single transferable vote system. The ruling NPP, led by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, has a commanding majority in the Meghalaya Assembly (roughly 26 NPP MLAs and around 33 with its alliance partners under the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance/NDA umbrella). The Indian National Congress is the main opposition but holds far fewer seats. In the 2020 Meghalaya Rajya Sabha election, despite the NPP's clear majority, Congress did field a symbolic candidate (Kennedy Khyriem), and the seat went to a vote, with NPP's Kharlukhi winning 39 votes to Congress's 19. Rajya Sabha seats in single-seat states are sometimes won unopposed when the opposition concedes, but Meghalaya's recent precedent shows Congress has been willing to force a contest. `{"format": "llm_question", "info": {"rating": {"quality": 3, "ambiguity": 4, "resolvability": 4, "passes": true}}}`
Resolves: 6/12/2026.