Chokpot Assembly constituency

Chokpot is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.[1] It is part of South Garo Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Tura Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Chokpot
Constituency No. 59 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateMeghalaya
DistrictSouth Garo Hills
LS constituencyTura
Established1972
Total electors32,180
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2018

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The list of MLAs are given below:[2]

Year MLA Party
1972 Jackman Marak All Party Hill Leaders Conference
1978
1983 Clifford Marak Indian National Congress
1988 Hill People's Union
1993 Masonsing Sangma Indian National Congress
1998 Clifford Marak Garo National Council
2003 Masonsing Sangma Nationalist Congress Party
2008
2013 Clifford Marak Garo National Council
2018 Lazarus Sangma[3] Indian National Congress
2023 Sengchim N. Sangma[4] National People's Party

Election results

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2023

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2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Chokpot[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPP Sengchim N. Sangma
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2018

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2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Chokpot[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lazarus Sangma
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Chokpot (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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