Gangtok Assembly constituency

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Gangtok
Constituency No. 27 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Sikkim
District Gangtok
LS constituency Sikkim
Established1979
Reservation BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Gangtok Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim a north east state of India. Gangtok is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. [1] [2] [3] [4] This constituency has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST: Bhutia, Lepcha and Sherpa) since 2009.

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1979 Lal Bahadur Basnet Sikkim Janata Parishad
1985 Balchand Sarda Independent politician
1989 Manita Pradhan Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1994 Narendra Kumar Pradhan
1999
2004 Sikkim Democratic Front
2009 Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia
2014 Pintso Chopel Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019 Kunga Nima Lepcha
2019 by-election Yong Tshering Lepcha Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Delay Namgyal Barfungpa Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Electoral results

Assembly by-election 2019

In the 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, Kunga Nima Lepcha of SKM won in both Shyari and Gangtok constituencies, so he relinquished Gangtok seat.

In the by-election, ruling SKM didn't send their candidate to Gangtok, and supported opposition BJP. Former ruling SDF participated in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as the opposition for the first time in 25 years. Opposition SNPP [5] and SRP sent their candidates to Gangtok for the first time. Opposition INC boycotted this by-election.

As the result, Yong Tshering Lepcha of BJP defeated his nearest rival Delay Namgyal Barfungpa of SNPP. Rinzing Ongmu Bhutia of SDF fell to the 3rd position.

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly by-election: Gangtok
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Yong Tshering Lepcha 2,508 41.57% Increase2.svg36.29
SNPP Delay Namgyal Barfungpa1,49824.83%New
SDF Rinzing Ongmu Bhutia87414.49%Decrease2.svg25.23
HSP Bhaichung Bhutia5799.60%Increase2.svg8.65
Independent Karma Yenten Chankapa4557.54%New
SRP Song Tshering Lepcha1191.97%New
NOTA None of the Above1021.69%Increase2.svg1.18
Margin of victory1,01016.74%Increase2.svg4.78
Turnout 6,03351.23%Decrease2.svg12.53
Registered electors 11,777Increase2.svg1.10
BJP gain from SKM Swing Decrease2.svg10.10

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SKM Kunga Nima Lepcha 3,838 51.68% Decrease2.svg9.60
SDF Pintso Chopel2,95039.72%Increase2.svg5.98
BJP Yong Tshering Lepcha 3925.28%Increase2.svg2.79
Independent Delay Namgyal Barfungpa 971.31%New
HSP Bhaichung Bhutia 700.94%New
Independent Phurba Sherpa420.57%New
NOTA None of the Above380.51%New
Margin of victory88811.96%Decrease2.svg15.58
Turnout 7,42763.76%Decrease2.svg4.42
Registered electors 11,649Increase2.svg15.65
SKM hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.60

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SKM Pintso Chopel 4,208 61.28% New
SDF Hishey Lachungpa 2,31733.74%Decrease2.svg27.43
BJP Norden Gyalpo Dorji1712.49%New
INC Tshering Gyatso Kaleon721.05%Decrease2.svg32.59
NOTA None of the Above620.90%New
AITC Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha370.54%New
Margin of victory1,89127.54%Increase2.svg0.00
Turnout 6,86768.17%Decrease2.svg2.21
Registered electors 10,073
SKM gain from SDF Swing Increase2.svg0.10

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDF Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia 3,506 61.18% Decrease2.svg5.51
INC Tshering Gyatso Kaleon1,92833.64%Increase2.svg1.94
Independent Delay Namgyal Barfungpa 1502.62%New
SHRP Uttam Lepcha1232.15%Increase2.svg1.54
Margin of victory1,57827.53%Decrease2.svg7.46
Turnout 5,73170.38%Increase2.svg7.88
Registered electors 8,143
SDF hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.51

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDF Narendra Kumar Pradhan 5,952 66.69% Increase2.svg23.17
INC Nar Bahadur Bhandari 2,82931.70%Increase2.svg25.48
SSP Devi Pd. Dahal901.01%Decrease2.svg47.88
SHRP Bhim Chettri540.61%New
Margin of victory3,12334.99%Increase2.svg29.62
Turnout 8,92562.50%Decrease2.svg3.74
Registered electors 14,280Increase2.svg7.34
SDF gain from SSP Swing Increase2.svg17.80

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SSP Narendra Kumar Pradhan 4,308 48.89% Increase2.svg9.33
SDF K. B. Gurung3,83543.52%Increase2.svg25.81
INC Anand Lama5486.22%Decrease2.svg23.04
CPI(M) Bhumerlall Sirohia860.98%New
Margin of victory4735.37%Decrease2.svg4.92
Turnout 8,81267.82%Decrease2.svg4.78
Registered electors 13,303Increase2.svg33.56
SSP hold Swing Increase2.svg9.33

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SSP Narendra Kumar Pradhan 2,798 39.55% Decrease2.svg16.85
INC Dilli Pd. Dhungel2,07029.26%Decrease2.svg11.93
SDF Sher Bahadur Subedi1,25317.71%New
Independent Balchand6178.72%New
Independent Penzo D. Namgyal600.85%New
Independent Krishna S. Basneti550.78%New
Independent Gokul Singh Cintury520.74%New
BJP Kiran Chhetri460.65%New
Independent Pren Prakash Goyal420.59%New
Margin of victory72810.29%Decrease2.svg4.92
Turnout 7,07472.54%Increase2.svg4.55
Registered electors 9,960Increase2.svg9.34
SSP hold Swing Decrease2.svg16.85

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SSP Manita Pradhan 3,415 56.40% Increase2.svg18.84
INC Dilli Prasad Dhungel2,49441.19%Increase2.svg31.12
RIS Lal Bahadur Basnet 1292.13%New
Margin of victory92115.21%Increase2.svg9.60
Turnout 6,05568.31%Increase2.svg16.52
Registered electors 9,109Decrease2.svg2.27
SSP gain from Independent Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Balchand Sarda 2,010 43.17% New
SSP Dil Kumari Bhandari1,74937.56%New
INC M.K.Chetri46910.07%New
Independent Sonam Gyatso Trateng2084.47%New
Independent Passang Obed Pazo721.55%New
Independent James Basnet390.84%New
Independent Kiran Chetri380.82%New
SPC Kalawati Subba270.58%Decrease2.svg5.89
JP Chyangha Tamang250.54%Decrease2.svg26.21
Margin of victory2615.61%Decrease2.svg6.54
Turnout 4,65650.71%Decrease2.svg5.55
Registered electors 9,321Increase2.svg17.87
Independent gain from SJP Swing Increase2.svg4.28

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SJP Lal Bahadur Basnet 1,707 38.89% New
JP Dorjee Dadul1,17426.75%New
Independent D. P. Bhawanipuri4209.57%New
Independent Kharka Bahadur Chhetri3217.31%New
SPC Kaiser Bahadur Thapa2846.47%New
Independent Ganesan1072.44%New
SC (R) Jagat Bandhu Pradhan892.03%New
Independent Ram Chandra Verma771.75%New
Independent Bimal Kumar Rasaily591.34%New
Independent K. B. Pradhan461.05%New
Independent Gauri Shanker Bansal240.55%New
Margin of victory53312.14%
Turnout 4,38956.74%
Registered electors 7,908
SJP win (new seat)

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References

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  2. ↑ Election Commission of India
  3. ↑ "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  5. ↑ SNPP was established on 10 October, 2008, but its registration had not been passed by ECI till 25 September, 2019.
  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.
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  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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