Jowai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Jowai
Constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
State Meghalaya
District West Jaintia Hills
Constituency Shillong
Total electors34,620 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Wailadmiki Shylla
Party National People's Party (India)
Elected year 2018

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]

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Member of Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs are given below  [3]

YearPartyMLAVotes
1972 All Party Hill Leaders Conference B. B. Shallam 2907
1978 Independent Tylli Kyndiah 2230
1983 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo 2291
1988 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo3645
1993 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo7572
1998 United Democratic Party Mulieh Singh 8775
2003 United Democratic Party Mulieh Singh8967
2008 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo7712
2013 Indian National Congress Roytre Christopher Laloo9496
2018 National People's Party Wailadmiki Shylla [1] 10657

Election results

2018

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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