Chokpot (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chokpot is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.[2] 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.[3]

Chokpot
Constituency of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent MLALazarus Sangma
Political PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2018
Constituency Details
StateMeghalaya
DistrictSouth Garo Hills
Parliamentary ConstituencyTura
ReservationST
Total Electors28,031[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs are given below – [3]

Year Party MLA Votes
1972 All Party Hill Leaders Conference Jackman Marak 1583
1978 All Party Hill Leaders Conference Jackman Marak 2144
1983 Indian National Congress Clifford Marak 1690
1988 Hill People's Union Clifford Marak 3116
1993 Indian National Congress Masonsing Sangma 4582
1998 Garo National Council Clifford Marak 4868
2003 Nationalist Congress Party Masonsing Sangma 5122
2008 Nationalist Congress Party Masonsing Sangma 3888
2013 Garo National Council Clifford Marak 5558
2018 Indian National Congress Lazarus Sangma[1] 6410

Election results

2018
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Chokpot[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lazarus Sangma
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also

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


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