Jowai | |
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Constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
State | Meghalaya |
District | West Jaintia Hills |
Constituency | Shillong |
Total electors | 34,620 [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]
The list of MLAs are given below – [3]
Year | Party | MLA | Votes | |
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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 Laloo | 3645 | |
1993 | Indian National Congress | Roytre Christopher Laloo | 7572 | |
1998 | United Democratic Party | Mulieh Singh | 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 | Wailadmiki Shylla [1] | 10657 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NPP | Wailadmiki Shylla | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Jowai is the headquarters of the West Jaintia Hills district of the state of Meghalaya, India, and is home to the Pnar, a sub-tribe of the Khasi people. It is located on a plateau surrounded on three sides by the Myntdu river bordering Bangladesh to the south. Due to its high altitude of 1365 m above sea level, Jowai experiences warm summers with cool to chilly winters.
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