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
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	South Garo Hills
LS constituency	Tura
Established	1972
Total electors	32,180
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lazarus Sangma
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2018

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Chokpot^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Sengchim N. Sangma
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Chokpot^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lazarus Sangma
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• South Garo Hills district
• Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

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

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