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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 7 · 2003Reserved (ST)

Jowai

Winner — 2003

SHRI. SINGH MULIEH
UDP· United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
UDP 49.4%INC 45.7%3 others 4.9%
Votes
8,967
49.4% share
Winning margin
661
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
76.9%
of 23,636

A closely fought contest. SHRI. SINGH MULIEH won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRI. SINGH MULIEH
UDP
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
8,96749.4%
2
DR. ROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOO
INC
8,30645.7%
3
SMTI. PHIDALIA TOI
NCP
6883.8%
4
SHRI. PHILOMATH PASSAH
NDA
1280.7%
5
SHRI. NOREN TALANG
IND
780.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.0% · min 0.2% · max 12.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
99%
lowerhigher
1st of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
23rd of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
UDP 49.4%INC 45.7%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
3,95,124
Density
103 / km²
Sex ratio
1013 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,819 km²
SC population0.3%
ST population95.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%CHRISTIAN
Christian 68.7%Other 27.2%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water25.5%
Electricity64.3%
Sanitation47.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births45.3%
Children fully vaccinated67.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Children underweight (under 5)26.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Women literate78.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.6%
Clean cooking fuel23.6%
Health insurance69.8%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Black Pottery (Khiew Ranei)🏷️TurmericGI
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A Tank

🏛️MonumentASI

A Tank

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Megalithic bridge known as Thul-Um-Wi,

🏛️MonumentASI

Megalithic bridge known as Thul-Um-Wi,

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Megalithic bridge on the Um Kumbeh

🏛️MonumentASI

Megalithic bridge on the Um Kumbeh

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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