Shillong Lok Sabha constituency

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Shillong Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, centered on the city of Shillong and reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lok Sabha constituency
abbreviation Shillong LS constituency NERFINISHED
adjacentConstituency Tura Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED
administrativeUnitType parliamentary constituency
assemblySegmentsCount 36
capitalCityOfState Shillong NERFINISHED
category Reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes in India
centeredOnCity Shillong NERFINISHED
country India
coversDistrict East Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
East Khasi Hills district NERFINISHED
Ri-Bhoi district NERFINISHED
West Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
currentStateCapitalCovered Shillong NERFINISHED
delimitationOrder Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 NERFINISHED
demographicCategory predominantly Scheduled Tribe population
electoralRollMaintainedBy Election Commission of India NERFINISHED
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateType directly elected
elects Member of Parliament
establishedInYear 1957
governingBody Parliament of India NERFINISHED
governingLaw Representation of the People Act, 1951 NERFINISHED
hasRuralArea villages in Jaintia Hills
villages in Khasi Hills
hasUrbanArea Shillong city NERFINISHED
house Lower house of the Parliament of India
isReservedFor Scheduled Tribe candidates
languageRegion Jaintia-speaking areas
Khasi-speaking areas
locatedIn Meghalaya NERFINISHED
Northeast India
locatedOn Shillong Plateau NERFINISHED
majorCity Shillong NERFINISHED
mapEntity Meghalaya NERFINISHED
notableFeature one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Meghalaya
numberOfMembersElected 1
parliamentaryBody Lok Sabha NERFINISHED
partOf Meghalaya Legislative Assembly segments
partOfLowerHouse 17th Lok Sabha
predecessorConstituency Assam (undivided) parliamentary constituencies NERFINISHED
region Jaintia Hills NERFINISHED
Khasi Hills NERFINISHED
reservationStatus Scheduled Tribes
state Meghalaya NERFINISHED
stateElectionAuthority Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya NERFINISHED
timeZone Indian Standard Time
utcOffset +05:30

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Umroi belongsToLokSabhaConstituency Shillong Lok Sabha constituency