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Assembly constituency 10 · Meghalaya · ST

Jirang is assembly constituency number 10 in Meghalaya, in Ri Bhoi * district, and one of the segments of the Shillong Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Sosthenes Sohtun of the National People's Party won with 36.7% of the vote, 1,623 votes ahead of Adrian Lambert Mylliem (INC).

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Jirang · 2023AC 10
  1. 01
    Sosthenes Sohtun
    NPP
    12,690
    36.74%
  2. 02
    Adrian Lambert Mylliem
    INC
    11,067
    32.04%
  3. 03
    Badhok Nongmalieh
    UDP
    4,107
    11.89%
  4. 04
    Sunmoon D. Marak
    TMC
    3,928
    11.37%
  5. 05
    Riya Sangma
    BJP
    2,075
    6.01%
  6. 3 other candidates · 669 votes

Margin 1,623 votes · 4.70% of valid votes

42,206
Registered electors
2023 election
82.6%
Turnout
-1.5 pts vs 2018
1,623
Victory margin
4.7% of valid votes
Feb 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 34,536 valid votes, NOTA included.

Jirang 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sosthenes SohtunMale · 48 yrs · STNPP12,690
36.74%
2Adrian Lambert MylliemMale · 29 yrs · STINC11,067
32.04%
3Badhok NongmaliehMale · 49 yrs · STUDP4,107
11.89%
4Sunmoon D. MarakMale · 43 yrs · STTMC3,928
11.37%
5Riya SangmaFemale · 36 yrs · STBJP2,075
6.01%
6Forcaster NongrangMale · 42 yrs · STIndependent268
0.78%
7Lee Trevor BarehMale · 38 yrs · STIndependent226
0.65%
8Serimina D. MarakFemale · 53 yrs · STRPI(A)175
0.51%
Past results

NPEP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%10%20%30%40%201320182023NPP 36.7%INC 32.0%UDP 11.9%PDF 21.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Sosthenes SohtunNPP · 36.7% · margin 1,623Turnout82.6%
2018Sosthenes SohtunNPP · 31.3% · margin 220Turnout84.1%
2013Lamboklang MylliemNESDP · 41.8% · margin 2,496Turnout87.5%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Jirang result 2018

Jirang 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sosthenes SohtunNPP9,437
31.26%
2Witness Day SancleyINC9,217
30.53%
3Lamboklang MylliemPDF6,351
21.03%
4Badhok NongmaliehBJP4,152
13.75%
—NOTANOTA475
1.57%
5Comfort DoloiIndependent346
1.15%
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6Bity JyrwaNCP215
0.71%

Jirang result 2013

Jirang 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lamboklang MylliemNESDP10,336
41.76%
2Barnabas NongbahINC7,840
31.68%
3Sosthenes SohtunNPP5,194
20.99%
4Martin LyngdohLJP562
2.27%
5Abraham S. SangmaNCP495
2.00%
6Wonderlyne LapangUDP323
1.31%
Map

Jirang outlined in orange among the other Meghalaya seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Ri Bhoi * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

NPPUDPTMCINCVOTPPBJPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Jirang is one of the assembly segments of Shillong. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Shillong candidates.

  • Vincent H. PalaINC11,050 36.7%
  • Dr. Mazel Ampareen LyngdohNPP9,545 31.7%
  • Dr. Ricky Andrew J. SyngkonVOTPP8,139 27.1%
  • Prof. Lakhon KmaIndependent578 1.9%
  • Robertjune KharjahrinUDP448 1.5%

In the assembly election NPEP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 1,505 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Jirang.

Who won the Jirang assembly seat in 2023?

Sosthenes Sohtun of the National People's Party (NPEP) won Jirang in the 2023 Meghalaya assembly election with 12,690 votes, which was 36.74% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Jirang?

The margin was 1,623 votes (4.70% of valid votes). The runner-up was Adrian Lambert Mylliem of the Indian National Congress with 11,067 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Jirang in 2023?

Turnout was 82.64%: 34,880 of 42,206 registered electors voted, across 77 polling stations. That is 1.5 points lower than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Jirang part of?

Jirang is an assembly segment of the Shillong Lok Sabha constituency in Meghalaya. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vincent H. Pala got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Jirang a reserved constituency?

Yes. Jirang is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Jirang?

The Meghalaya assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Meghalaya assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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