Chowkham Assembly constituency

Chowkham
Chowkham
Constituency No. 46 for the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Namsai
Lok Sabha 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

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

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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]}

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

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

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)