Garo National Council

{{Infobox Indian political party

| party_name = Garo National Council

| abbreviation = GNC

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| leader = Boston Marak

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| foundation = 1948 (1946)

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| alliance = United Progressive Alliance
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| eci = Unrecognised

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| state2_seats_name = Garo Hills Autonomous District Council

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The Garo National Council is a political party in Meghalaya in northeastern India which campaigns for the creation a new Indian state to be called Garoland, for the people of the Garo Hills.

Founded in February 1946 as the Garo National Conference, Moody K Marak was the first President. In 1948 the organisation was renamed the Garo National Council.{{cite book |last1=Joshi |first1=Hargovind |title=Meghalaya: Past and Present |date=2004 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-980-5 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ug-LSwx5OsC |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Indian History |date=1988 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-8424-568-4 |page=C-126 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MazdaWXQFuQC |language=en}} The GNC was a founding member of the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC).{{Cite journal|last=Rao|first=V. Venkata|date=1987|title=Government and Politics in North East India|journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science|volume=48|issue=4|pages=483|jstor=41855331|issn=0019-5510}}

In 1998, the GNC was successful in electing Clifford Marak to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. Marak lost in 2003, but regained a seat in 2013 (he died in March 2015).{{cite web |title=Meghalaya MLA Clifford R Marak dies |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/meghalaya-mla-clifford-r-marak-dies_1554413.html |website=Zee News |accessdate=15 May 2020 |language=en |date=1 March 2015}}

The GNC is a member of the Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC), a coalition of groups supporting the separate state of Garoland.{{Cite web|title=Demand for Garoland revives in Meghalaya|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/demand-for-garoland-revives-in-meghalaya/1434375|last=|first=|date=5 December 2018|website=Outlook India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 May 2020}}

Election results

class="wikitable" \|+Legislative Assembly election results{{Cite web\|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/\|title=Meghalaya 1998\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=Election Commission of India\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=15 May 2020}}{{Cite web\|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/\|title=Meghalaya 2003\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=Electoral Commission of India\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=15 May 2020}} ! ! colspan="3" \|Seats ! colspan="3" \|Votes
!Contested !Won !+/- !Total !% !+/-
1998 \|16 \|1 \|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\| \|17,650 \|2.11 \|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"\|
2003 \|7 \|0 \|{{Decrease}} 1 \|8,483 \|0.94 \|{{Decrease}} 1.17
2008 \|4 \|0 \|{{Steady}} \|4,081 \|0.37 \|{{Decrease}} 0.57
2013 \|6 \|1 \|{{Increase}} 1 \|9,300 \|0.71 \|{{Increase}} 0.34
2018 \|6 \|0 \|{{Decrease}} 1 \|21,682 \|1.38 \|{{Increase}} 0.67

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|+Legislative Assembly election results{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/|title=Meghalaya 1998|last=|first=|date=|website=Election Commission of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 May 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/|title=Meghalaya 2003|last=|first=|date=|website=Electoral Commission of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 May 2020}}

! colspan="3" |Seats

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!Contested

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1998

|16

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|17,650

|2.11