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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Jowai

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Winner — 1972

B. B. SHALLAM
AHL
AHL 49.1%INC 29.4%3 others 21.4%
Votes
2,907
49.1% share
Winning margin
1,165
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.9%
of 8,233

Jowai is a safe seat — B. B. SHALLAM won by 19.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. B. SHALLAM
AHL
2,90749.1%
2
GORDON D. PDE
INC
Congress (R)
1,74229.4%
3
BNEIN BAREH
IND
75812.8%
4
DEVILIN TALANG
IND
3616.1%
5
INDRO PARIAT
IND
1482.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (10th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 1.6% · max 31.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
10th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
13th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AHL 49.1%INC 29.4%IND 12.8%IND 6.1%OTH 2.5%

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?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
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