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Lyngdoh was the only female legislator in the state assembly during the 2008-2013 term. "I have a dedicated team of IT experts who help me maintain details of the voters," says Ampareen, a doctorate from the North Eastern Hill University , who is seeking re-election on a Congress ticket. On Sunday morning, Lyngdoh was already busy visiting houses in her constituency.Daughter of popular Congress leader late PG Marbaniang and sister to former minister RG Lyngdoh, Ampareen is the most well-known woman politician in the matrilineal state by far. "I have lived up to my assurances 100%," the three-time lawmaker says, while elaborating on the developmental works she has achieved, which include making provisions for drinking water, construction of roads, footpaths and other infrastructure. SHILLONG: Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh has visited most of the 45,000-odd households in her East Shillong constituency in the course of her door-to-door campaign and is still knocking on more doors in the run-up to the February 27 assembly polls.A former professor of Mass Communication at the prestigious St Anthony's College, the state's IT minister Lyngdoh, perhaps the most 'IT-savvy' candidate - has the details of every voter in her constituency at the tip of her fingers..