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Jowai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Jowai
Constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
StateMeghalaya
DistrictWest Jaintia Hills
LS constituencyShillong
Total electors34,620[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA
PartyNational People's Party (India)
Elected year2018

Jowai is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.[2] It is part of West Jaintia Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Shillong Lok Sabha constituency[3] and its current MLA is of National People's Party.[4]

Member of Legislative Assembly[]

The list of MLAs are given below – [3]

Year Party MLA Votes
1972 All Party Hill Leaders Conference 2907
1978 Independent 2230
1983 Indian National Congress 2291
1988 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo 3645
1993 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo 7572
1998 United Democratic Party 8775
2003 United Democratic Party Mulieh Singh 8967
2008 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo 7712
2013 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo 9496
2018 National People's Party [1] 10657

Election results[]

2018[]

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Jowai[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPP Wailadmiki Shylla
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jowai (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result". elections.in. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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