Arithang Assembly constituency

Arithang
Constituency No. 26 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Gangtok
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arun Kumar Upreti
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Arithang Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a north east state of India. This constituency falls under Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Narendra Kumar Pradhan		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Shyam Pradhan		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Arun Kumar Upreti
2024 [3] [4]

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Arithang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Arun Kumar Upreti	5,356	61.48%	21.46
	SDF	Ashis Rai	2,627	30.15%	10.53
	BJP	Udai Gurung	541	6.21%	1.22
	CAP–Sikkim	Rikesh Pradhan	93	1.07%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	49	0.56%	0.28
	INC	Sumitra Rai	46	0.53%	0.01
Margin of victory			2,729	31.32%	25.30
Turnout			8,712	69.13%	0.13
Registered electors			12,602		10.47
	SKM hold		Swing	21.46

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Arithang ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Arun Kumar Upreti	3,150	40.02%	17.90
	Independent	Ashis Rai	2,676	33.99%	New
	SDF	Shyam Pradhan	1,545	19.63%	15.19
	BJP	Dal Bahadur Chettri	393	4.99%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	66	0.84%	0.18
	INC	Sumitra Rai	42	0.53%	0.98
Margin of victory			474	6.02%	17.08
Turnout			7,872	69.00%	4.22
Registered electors			11,408		20.17
	SKM hold		Swing	17.90

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Arithang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Shyam Pradhan	4,026	57.92%	New
	SDF	Udai Lama	2,420	34.82%	26.14
	Independent	Sherap Dorjee Bhutia	253	3.64%	New
	INC	Gyalpo Tamang	105	1.51%	32.73
	Independent	Rajeney Gurung	76	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	71	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			1,606	23.10%	3.61
Turnout			6,951	73.22%	0.43
Registered electors			9,493		28.35
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	3.03

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Arithang ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	3,320	60.95%	New
	INC	Bharat Basnett	1,865	34.24%	New
	NCP	Ashok Kumar Subba	141	2.59%	New
	SHRP	Atal Bahadur Tamang	48	0.88%	New
	Independent	Amit Kumar Pradhan	46	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			1,455	26.71%
Turnout			5,447	73.65%
Registered electors			7,396
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
• Gangtok district

References

1. Arithang Assembly constituency Elections
2. The Delimitation Act, 2002
3. The Indian Express (2 June 2024). "Election Results 2024 Sikkim: Full list of winners on all 32 Legislative Assembly seats of Sikkim". Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
4. Financialexpress (2 June 2024). "Sikkim Assembly Election 2024 Winners List". Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
5. "Sikkim Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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