Jowai | |
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Constituency No. 2 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Meghalaya |
District | West Jaintia Hills |
LS constituency | Shillong |
Total electors | 40,581[1] |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
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]
Source:[3]
Year | Name | Party | |
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1972 | B. B. Shallam | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
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] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NPP | Wailadmiki Shylla | ||||
AITC | A.Andrew Sullai | ||||
INC | Daniel Den | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NPP | Wailadmiki Shylla | 10,657 | 53.2% | ||
UDP | Moonlight Pariat | 9,354 | 47.8% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |