Upper Tadong Assembly constituency

Upper Tadong
Constituency No. 25 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Gangtok
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008 [1]
Total electors	10,334 [2] [ needs update ]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. T. Dhungel
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Upper Tadong Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India. ^[3]

It was created after the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, ^[1] and is part of Gangtok district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Dil Bahadur Thapa		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Timothy William Basnett		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Gay Tshering Dhungel		Sikkim Democratic Front
2024			Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Tadong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	G. T. Dhungel	6,209	68.46%	22.98
	SDF	Dr. Chandra Bahadur Chettri	2,120	23.38%	27.63
	BJP	Niren Bhandari	280	3.09%	New
	CAP–Sikkim	Ravi Gurung	245	2.70%	New
	Independent	Kailash Chandra Pradhan	158	1.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	57	0.63%	0.11
Margin of victory			4,089	45.09%	39.57
Turnout			9,069	74.17%	1.24
Registered electors			12,228		18.33
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	17.46

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Tadong ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Gay Tshering Dhungel	3,844	51.01%	4.18
	SKM	Anand Lama	3,428	45.49%	3.12
	HSP	Dr. Bina Basnett	123	1.63%	New
	INC	Anita Gurung	69	0.92%	0.24
	NOTA	None of the Above	56	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			416	5.52%	3.74
Turnout			7,536	72.92%	3.67
Registered electors			10,334		15.44
	SDF gain from SKM		Swing	2.40

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Tadong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Timothy William Basnett	3,333	48.61%	New
	SDF	Bhasker Basnett	3,211	46.83%	9.18
	BJP	Eli Pal	155	2.26%	0.41
	INC	Tara Kumar Pradhan	79	1.15%	36.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	79	1.15%	New
Margin of victory			122	1.78%	16.78
Turnout			6,857	76.60%	1.47
Registered electors			8,952
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	7.40

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Tadong ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dil Bahadur Thapa	3,148	56.00%	New
	INC	Arun Kumar Basnet	2,105	37.45%	New
	Independent	Depak Rai	130	2.31%	New
	BJP	Padam Prasad Sharma	104	1.85%	New
	SHRP	Kharka Singh Gurung	70	1.25%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Garjaman Rai	64	1.14%	New
Margin of victory			1,043	18.56%
Turnout			5,621	78.07%
Registered electors			7,200
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. "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.
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.

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