Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008)

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) first made a bid to form the Government, but they gave up when they were unable to provide the Governor M.M.

Effectively, this meant the MDA had additional support of 2 MLAs from HPDP, taking their total strength in the 60-member Assembly to 42.

[5] In mid-2004, after the 2004 Indian general election, the NCP joined the INC-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to form the Government of India.

[10] In the lead up to the 2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election all the regional parties forming the MDA decided to run against the INC.

The UDP, MDP, KHNAM and HPDP fielded candidates against INC and made corruption and government failure as their main election issues to garner votes against the INC.[11] This effectively meant the quiet demise of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance.

The MDA was effectively replaced by the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) after the 2008 elections as INC tried to form the Government with support from independents.