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Assembly constituency 2 · Meghalaya · ST

Jowai is assembly constituency number 2 in Meghalaya, in Jaintia Hills district, and one of the segments of the Shillong Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Wailadmiki Shylla of the National People's Party won with 38.8% of the vote, 2,667 votes ahead of Awhai Andrew Shullai (AITC).

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Jowai · 2023AC 2
  1. 01
    Wailadmiki Shylla
    NPP
    14,079
    38.79%
  2. 02
    Awhai Andrew Shullai
    TMC
    11,412
    31.44%
  3. 03
    Moonlight Pariat
    UDP
    10,260
    28.27%
  4. 04
    Allan Keith Suchiang
    BJP
    326
    0.90%
  5. 05
    Daniel Dann
    INC
    216
    0.60%

Margin 2,667 votes · 7.35% of valid votes

40,581
Registered electors
2023 election
90.7%
Turnout
+1.6 pts vs 2018
2,667
Victory margin
7.3% of valid votes
Feb 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 5 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 36,293 valid votes, NOTA included.

Jowai 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Wailadmiki ShyllaMale · 31 yrs · STNPP14,079
38.79%
2Awhai Andrew ShullaiMale · 40 yrs · STTMC11,412
31.44%
3Moonlight PariatMale · 60 yrs · STUDP10,260
28.27%
4Allan Keith SuchiangMale · 56 yrs · STBJP326
0.90%
5Daniel DannMale · 59 yrs · STINC216
0.60%
Past results

NPEP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%10%20%30%40%201320182023NPP 38.8%TMC 31.4%UDP 28.3%INC 0.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Wailadmiki ShyllaNPP · 38.8% · margin 2,667Turnout90.7%
2018Wailadmiki ShyllaNPP · 34.6% · margin 1,303Turnout89.1%
2013Roytre Christopher LalooINC · 37.2% · margin 679Turnout90.2%

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

Jowai result 2018

Jowai 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Wailadmiki ShyllaNPP10,657
34.59%
2Moonlight PariatUDP9,354
30.36%
3Awhai Andrew ShullaiINC8,863
28.77%
4Marki MuliehBJP1,702
5.52%
—NOTANOTA141
0.46%
5Banrilang JungaiAAP89
0.29%

Jowai result 2013

Jowai 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Roytre Christopher LalooINC9,496
37.16%
2Moonlight PariatIndependent8,817
34.50%
3Singh MuliehUDP6,568
25.70%
4Heimon HingeIndependent673
2.63%
Map

Jowai 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 Jaintia Hills district

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

NPPUDPTMCINCVOTPPBJPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Dr. Ricky Andrew J. SyngkonVOTPP18,142 57.6%
  • Dr. Mazel Ampareen LyngdohNPP8,563 27.2%
  • Vincent H. PalaINC3,599 11.4%
  • Prof. Lakhon KmaIndependent694 2.2%
  • Robertjune KharjahrinUDP271 0.9%

In the assembly election NPEP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, VOTPP led here by 9,579 EVM votes.

Open Shillong Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Jowai assembly seat in 2023?

Wailadmiki Shylla of the National People's Party (NPEP) won Jowai in the 2023 Meghalaya assembly election with 14,079 votes, which was 38.79% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Jowai?

The margin was 2,667 votes (7.35% of valid votes). The runner-up was Awhai Andrew Shullai of the All India Trinamool Congress with 11,412 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Jowai in 2023?

Turnout was 90.68%: 36,799 of 40,581 registered electors voted, across 57 polling stations. That is 1.6 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Jowai part of?

Jowai is an assembly segment of the Shillong Lok Sabha constituency in Meghalaya. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr. Ricky Andrew J. Syngkon got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Jowai a reserved constituency?

Yes. Jowai 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 Jowai?

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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