Mowkaiaw Assembly constituency

Mowkaiaw
Constituency No. 4 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	West Jaintia Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Shillong
Established	2008
Total electors	38,967 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nujorki Sungoh
Party	United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
Elected year	2023

Mowkaiaw 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 Nujorki Sungoh of United Democratic Party. ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs are given below – ^[3]

Year	Member	Party
2013	Robinus Syngkon		Independent
2018	Nujorki Sungoh [5]		United Democratic Party
2023 [6] [7]	Nujorki Sungoh

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mowkaiaw ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDP	Nujorki Sungoh	14,508	39.87%	17.24
	NPP	Habahun Dkhar	10,607	29.15%	7.40
	INC	Nehemayah Tyngkan	10,290	28.28%	6.83
	AITC	Lasting Suchiang	872	2.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	360	0.99%	0.35
Margin of victory			3,901	10.72%	9.84
Turnout			36,387	94.30%	1.91
Registered electors			38,967		25.57
	UDP hold		Swing	17.24

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mowkaiaw ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDP	Nujorki Sungoh	6,691	22.63%	3.19
	NPP	Gilbert Sten	6,431	21.75%	3.99
	INC	Nehemayah Tyngkan	6,342	21.45%	5.30
	BJP	Robinus Syngkon	5,751	19.45%	New
	NCP	E. C. Boniface Bamon	2,120	7.17%	New
	PDF	Heipormi Laloo	1,714	5.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	188	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			260	0.88%	2.04
Turnout			29,568	95.29%	1.55
Registered electors			31,031		22.17
	UDP gain from Independent		Swing	7.04

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Mowkaiaw ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robinus Syngkon	7,064	29.67%	New
	INC	Qually Suiam	6,370	26.75%	New
	UDP	Mihsalan Suchiang	6,147	25.82%	New
	NPP	E. C. Boniface Bamon	4,229	17.76%	New
Margin of victory			694	2.91%
Turnout			23,810	93.74%
Registered electors			25,400
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• West Jaintia Hills district
• Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

1. "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
2. "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. "Mowkaiaw (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
4. "Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result". elections.in. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
5. "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. "General Election to Vidhna Sabha Trends & Result MArch - 2023". results.eci.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
9. "Form 20 - Polling Station Wise Result Sheet of General Election 2018 to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly". ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
10. "Election Commission of India- State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

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