Mawkhar Assembly constituency

Mawkhar
Former constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
Established	1972
Abolished	2013 [1]
Total electors	7,799

Mawkhar Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Meghalaya.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Alexander Warjri		All Party Hill Leaders Conference
1978	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh
1983	Korbar Singh
1988			Hill People's Union
1993	Roshan Warjri
1998			United Democratic Party
2003	Dr. Friday Lyngdoh		Indian National Congress
2008

Election results

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Friday Lyngdoh	2,413	38.73%	20.32
	UDP	Ganold Stone Massar	1,836	29.47%	17.35
	KHNAM	Glenbert Lawrence Khongwir	1,138	18.26%	0.77
	BJP	W. Laslarton Lyngdoh	468	7.51%	1.40
	NCP	Pradeep G. Jyrwa	376	6.03%	2.33
Margin of victory			577	9.26%	30.75
Turnout			6,231	79.89%	28.19
Registered electors			7,799		33.27
	INC hold		Swing	20.32

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Friday Lyngdoh	3,568	59.04%	10.05
	KHNAM	James Marvin Pariat	1,150	19.03%	New
	UDP	Hardinge L. Massar	732	12.11%	38.16
	BJP	Moon Pyrbot	369	6.11%	New
	NCP	Pradeep G. Jyrwa	224	3.71%	New
Margin of victory			2,418	40.01%	38.74
Turnout			6,043	51.79%	8.03
Registered electors			11,688		8.74
	INC gain from UDP		Swing	8.77

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDP	Roshan Warjri	3,228	50.27%	New
	INC	Dr. Friday Lyngdoh	3,146	49.00%	8.18
	RJD	Orphues D. Nongrum	47	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			82	1.28%	6.96
Turnout			6,421	61.62%	8.33
Registered electors			10,749		5.36
	UDP gain from HPU		Swing

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Roshan Warjri	3,406	49.05%	5.11
	INC	Dr. Friday Lyngdoh	2,834	40.81%	5.03
	BJP	H. Robin Kurbah	704	10.14%	New
Margin of victory			572	8.24%	0.09
Turnout			6,944	69.70%	3.09
Registered electors			10,202		7.56
	HPU hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1988

1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Korbar Singh	3,338	54.16%	New
	INC	W. Humphrey Dolly Syngkon	2,825	45.84%	18.44
Margin of victory			513	8.32%	3.27
Turnout			6,163	67.06%	1.96
Registered electors			9,485		9.48
	HPU gain from AHL		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AHL	Korbar Singh	1,772	32.45%	1.81
	INC	W. Humphrey Dolly Syngkon	1,496	27.40%	7.03
	Independent	E. Shersingh Jyrwa	1,146	20.99%	New
	HSPDP	Hardinge L. Massar	352	6.45%	16.17
	Independent	Neville Rufus Laitphlang	332	6.08%	New
	Independent	Pollington Pyrtuh	253	4.63%	New
	CPI	Dalington Dympep	97	1.78%	New
Margin of victory			276	5.05%	2.97
Turnout			5,460	66.12%	3.75
Registered electors			8,664		2.46
	AHL hold		Swing	1.81

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AHL	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	1,730	30.64%	2.47
	HSPDP	E. Shersingh Jyrwa	1,277	22.62%	New
	INC	Ajra Singh Khongphai	1,150	20.37%	New
	Independent	Ram Niwas Chaudhary	558	9.88%	New
	Independent	Londronath Marbaniang	419	7.42%	New
	Independent	Ambrose B. M. Roy	394	6.98%	New
	INC(I)	Humley Ganrley Roy Pariat	118	2.09%	New
Margin of victory			453	8.02%	3.64
Turnout			5,646	68.79%	8.60
Registered electors			8,456		10.48
	AHL hold		Swing	2.47

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mawkhar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AHL	Alexander Warjri	1,474	33.11%	New
	Independent	Ajra Khongphai	1,279	28.73%	New
	Independent	Gilbert Shullai	1,212	27.22%	New
	Independent	Stanlin Rajee	290	6.51%	New
	Independent	Silverine Swer	197	4.42%	New
Margin of victory			195	4.38%
Turnout			4,452	59.93%
Registered electors			7,654
	AHL win (new seat)

References

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