Martin Danggo

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}Martin M. Danggo is an Indian politician from the state of Meghalaya who served as the Minister of Public Works Department (Roads) in the Government of Meghalaya, and represented the 35th Ranikor Scheduled Tribe (ST) constituency in the South West Khasi Hills district in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://megassembly.gov.in/List%20of%20Candidate.htm|title=List Of Members Of The Eight Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|publisher=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120731/http://megassembly.gov.in/List%20of%20Candidate.htm|archivedate=2011-05-11}} Danggo was first elected to the Assembly as a representative of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) in the 1998 Assembly election for the Langrin (ST) constituency.{{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}} He switched parties to the Indian National Congress and was re-elected in 2003.{{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}} In 2018 he resigned from the INC and joined the National People's Party.{{Cite web|title=Ranikor, South Tura by-poll to be held on same day|url=http://www.shillongmail.com/ranikor-south-tura-by-poll-to-be-held-on-same-day/|date=2018-07-27|website=Shillong Mail|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}