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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1998Reserved (ST)
Jowai
Winner — 1998
SINGH MULIEH
UDP· United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
UDP 50.6%INC 49.4%
Votes
8,775
50.6% share
Winning margin
212
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
81.2%
of 21,363
Jowai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 212 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SINGH MULIEH | UDP United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) | 8,775 | 50.6% |
| 2 | ROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOO | INC | 8,563 | 49.4% |
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
marginal1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.0% · min 0.2% · max 12.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
99%
lowerhigher
1st of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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23rd of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
UDP 50.6%INC 49.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Black Pottery (Khiew Ranei)🏷️TurmericGI
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Megalithic bridge known as Thul-Um-Wi,
🏛️MonumentASI
Megalithic bridge known as Thul-Um-Wi,
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.