Chowkham Assembly constituency

Chowkham is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh state in India.^[1]

Chowkham
Constituency No. 46 for the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Namsai
LS constituency	Arunachal East
Established	1990
Total electors	14,338
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chowna Mein
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

It is part of Namsai district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2019, it is represented by Chowna Mein of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^{[2][needs update]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1990	Sokio Dellang		Independent politician
1995	Chowna Mein		Indian National Congress
1999	Indrajit Namchoom		Independent politician
2004	Chowna Mein		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[3]	Chowna Mein		Indian National Congress
2014[4]
2019[2]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2024[5][6]

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chowna Mein	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,338		1.80
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chowna Mein	8,908	82.03%	55.24
	INC	Khunang Kri	1,617	14.89%	40.79
	NOTA	None of the Above	334	3.08%	1.38
Margin of victory			7,291	67.14%	38.25
Turnout			10,859	77.10%	0.62
Registered electors			14,084		7.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	26.35

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowna Mein	5,578	55.69%	5.26
	BJP	Sotai Kri	2,684	26.79%	New
	Independent	Chow Rajanam Namchoom	802	8.01%	New
	Independent	Sotothalai	783	7.82%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	170	1.70%	New
Margin of victory			2,894	28.89%	6.99
Turnout			10,017	76.48%	1.18
Registered electors			13,097		1.27
	INC hold		Swing	5.26

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowna Mein	6,279	60.95%	40.37
	NCP	Chow Chinakong Namchoom	4,023	39.05%	29.48
Margin of victory			2,256	21.90%	14.31
Turnout			10,302	77.66%	14.72
Registered electors			13,265		0.16
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chowna Mein	2,431	29.07%	23.25
	Independent	Chow Indrajit Namchoom	1,796	21.48%	New
	INC	Nang Frica Namshum	1,721	20.58%	18.93
	Independent	Sokio Dellang	1,615	19.31%	New
	NCP	Chow Noumee Namshoom	800	9.57%	New
Margin of victory			635	7.59%	7.58
Turnout			8,363	62.95%	2.21
Registered electors			13,286		6.88
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	25.61

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Indrajit Namchoom	4,429	54.68%	New
	INC	Chowna Mein	3,200	39.51%	8.05
	BJP	Tasaso Yun	471	5.81%	2.79
Margin of victory			1,229	15.17%	4.59
Turnout			8,100	67.81%	14.99
Registered electors			12,431		24.91
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowna Mein	3,793	47.56%	26.08
	JD	Indrajit Namchoom	2,949	36.97%	11.75
	JP	Sokio Dellang	993	12.45%	New
	BJP	Tasaso Yun	241	3.02%	New
Margin of victory			844	10.58%	4.55
Turnout			7,976	82.34%	4.00
Registered electors			9,952		34.41
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	16.30

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chowkham^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sokio Dellang	1,762	31.25%	New
	JD	Chowna Mein	1,422	25.22%	New
	Independent	Chow Chandret Gohain	1,243	22.05%	New
	INC	Chow Tiyat Manjeykhun	1,211	21.48%	New
Margin of victory			340	6.03%
Turnout			5,638	77.66%
Registered electors			7,404
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Namsai district

References

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