Jowai Assembly constituency
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| Jowai | |
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| Constituency No. 2 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Meghalaya |
| District | West Jaintia Hills |
| LS constituency | Shillong |
| Established | 1972 |
| Total electors | 40,581[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | National People's Party (India) |
| Elected year | 2023 |
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 Wailadmiki Shylla of National People's Party.[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Source:[3]
| Year | Name | Party | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Edwingson Barch | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | Assam | |
| 1972 | B. B. Shallam | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | Meghalaya | |
| 1978 | Tylli Kyndiah | Independent | ||
| 1983 | Roytre Christopher Laloo | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1998 | Mulieh Singh | United Democratic Party | ||
| 2003 | Mulieh Singh | |||
| 2008 | Roytre Christopher Laloo | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2018 | Wailadmiki Shylla | National People's Party | ||
| 2023[5][6] | ||||
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Wailadmiki Shylla | ||||
| AITC | A.Andrew Sullai | ||||
| INC | Daniel Den | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Wailadmiki Shylla | 10,657 | 53.2% | ||
| UDP | Moonlight Pariat | 9,354 | 47.8% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Assembly Election 1972
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHL | B. B. Shallam | 2,907 | 49.14% | New | |
| INC | Gordon D. Pae | 1,742 | 45.13% | New | |
| Independent | Bnein Bareh | 758 | 19.64% | New | |
| Independent | Devilin Talang | 361 | 9.35% | New | |
| Independent | Indro Pariat | 148 | 3.83% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,165 | 19.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,233 | ||||
| AHL win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
- Jowai
- Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)
- West Jaintia Hills district
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Jowai (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result". elections.in. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ The Indian Express (2 March 2023). "Meghalaya Assembly elections results 2023: Check full list of winners". Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Hindustan Times (2 March 2023). "Meghalaya election result 2023: Full list of winners constituency-wise". Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2024.