Tumin–Lingee Assembly constituency

Tumin Lingee
Constituency No. 16 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Gangtok and Namchi
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Total electors	15,888 [1] [ needs update ]
Reservation	BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samdup Tshering Bhutia
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Tumin Lingee Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India. It lies half in Gangtok district and half in Namchi district. ^[2]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014
2019
2024	Samdup Tshering Bhutia		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tumin–Lingee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Samdup Tshering Bhutia	8,265	58.07%	10.60
	SDF	Norzong Lepcha	4,177	29.35%	20.54
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Pema Gyalpu Bhutia	885	6.22%	New
	BJP	Passang Gyali Sherpa	593	4.17%	New
	INC	Samdup Lepcha	197	1.38%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	115	0.81%	0.07
Margin of victory			4,088	28.72%	26.31
Turnout			14,232	84.88%	1.42
Registered electors			16,767		5.53
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	8.19

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tumin–Lingee ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia	6,615	49.89%	12.37
	SKM	Samdup Tshering Bhutia	6,295	47.47%	12.85
	HSP	Bhaichung Bhutia	234	1.76%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	116	0.87%	0.03
Margin of victory			320	2.41%	25.22
Turnout			13,260	83.46%	1.42
Registered electors			15,888		16.76
	SDF hold		Swing	12.37

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tumin–Lingee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia	7,191	62.26%	6.93
	SKM	Nidup Tshering Lepcha	3,999	34.62%	New
	INC	Pandup Lepcha	151	1.31%	39.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	105	0.91%	New
	AITC	Prem Tshering Lepcha	104	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			3,192	27.64%	13.06
Turnout			11,550	84.88%	0.01
Registered electors			13,607		27.17
	SDF hold		Swing	6.93

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tumin–Lingee ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia	5,026	55.33%	New
	INC	Phuchung Bhutia	3,702	40.75%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Mingma Tharbu Sherpa	160	1.76%	New
	Independent	Pema Bhutia	152	1.67%	New
Margin of victory			1,324	14.58%
Turnout			9,084	84.90%
Registered electors			10,700
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
• Gangtok district
• Namchi district

References

1. "Vidhan Sabha Elections Sikkim 2019 - Voters Turnout Statistical Data" (PDF). ceosikkim.nic.in. CEO of Sikkim. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "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.
4. "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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