Barfung Assembly constituency

Barfung
Constituency No. 9 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Namchi
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Reservation	BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Barfung Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a northeast state of India. Barfung is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

This constituency is reserved for members of the Bhutia-Lepcha community.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Sonam Gyatso Bhutia		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia
2019	Tashi Thendup Bhutia
2024	Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Sonam Gyatso Bhutia	6,049	70.35%	New
	INC	Lobzang Bhutia	2,197	25.55%	New
	Independent	Sonam Pintso Bhutia	352	4.09%	New
Margin of victory			3,852	44.80%
Turnout			8,598	85.78%
Registered electors			10,023
	SDF win (new seat)

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia	6,639	63.79%	6.57
	SKM	Pema Wangyal Bhutia	3,460	33.24%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	197	1.89%	New
	INC	Dadul Lepcha	112	1.08%	24.48
Margin of victory			3,179	30.54%	14.26
Turnout			10,408	84.73%	1.05
Registered electors			12,283		22.55
	SDF hold		Swing	6.57

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tashi Thendup Bhutia	5,936	49.13%	14.66
	SKM	Lobzang Bhutia	5,839	48.32%	15.08
	SRP	Mingma Tshring Sherpa	169	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	139	1.15%	0.74
Margin of victory			97	0.80%	29.74
Turnout			12,083	81.23%	3.50
Registered electors			14,875		21.10
	SDF hold		Swing	14.66

Assembly election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia	8,358	61.86%	13.54
	SDF	Bhaichung Bhutia	4.012	29.69%	18.63
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Dadul Lepcha	656	4.85%	New
	BJP	Tashi Dadul Bhutia	298	2.21%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	188	1.39%	0.24
Margin of victory			4,346	32.16%	31.36
Turnout			13,512
Registered electors
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing

See also

• Namchi district
• List of constituencies of Sikkim Legislative Assembly

References

1. Sitting and previous MLAs from Barfung Assembly constituency
2. Election Commission of India
3. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. 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.
8. Financialexpress (2 June 2024). "Sikkim Assembly Election 2024 Winners List". Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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