Garo National Council

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.<ref name="Joshi">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The GNC was a founding member of the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The GNC is a member of the Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC), a coalition of groups supporting the separate state of Garoland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Election results

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	Contested	Won	+/-	Total	%	+/-
1998	16	1		17,650	2.11
2003	7	0	Template:Decrease 1	8,483	0.94	Template:Decrease 1.17
2008	4	0	Template:Steady	4,081	0.37	Template:Decrease 0.57
2013	6	1	Template:Increase 1	9,300	0.71	Template:Increase 0.34
2018	6	0	Template:Decrease 1	21,682	1.38	Template:Increase 0.67

Garo Hills Autonomous District Council

	Contested	Won	+/-
2002		1
2015	5	3
2019		1