West Pendam Assembly constituency

West Pendam
Constituency No. 18 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Pakyong
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Total electors	14,984 [1] [ needs update ]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lall Bahadur Das
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

West Pendam is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a north east state of India. This constituency falls under Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency ^{[2] [3]} and lies in Pakyong district. ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Neeru Sewa		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Gopal Baraily		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Lall Bahadur Das
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: West Pendam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Lall Bahadur Das	6,237	48.28%	1.35
	SDF	Anup Thatal	4,285	33.17%	8.78
	BJP	Bhupal Baraily	959	7.42%	2.31
	Independent	Jagdish Cintury	731	5.66%	New
	CAP–Sikkim	Madan Kumar Shiva Shanker	580	4.49%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	126	0.98%	0.26
Margin of victory			1,952	15.11%	7.42
Turnout			12,918	81.35%	3.38
Registered electors			15,880		5.98
	SKM hold		Swing	1.35

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: West Pendam ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Lall Bahadur Das	5,799	49.64%	2.81
	SDF	Gopal Baraily	4,901	41.95%	1.54
	BJP	Birendra Pourali	597	5.11%	3.58
	INC	Binod Darjee	101	0.86%	0.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	83	0.71%	0.39
	Independent	Santosh Bardewa	64	0.55%	New
	HSP	Indra Kr Suji	60	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			898	7.69%	1.28
Turnout			11,683	77.97%	4.66
Registered electors			14,984		20.66
	SKM hold		Swing	2.81

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: West Pendam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Gopal Baraily	5,382	52.45%	New
	SDF	K. K. Thatal	4,462	43.49%	10.04
	BJP	Amar Lohar	157	1.53%	1.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	113	1.10%	New
	INC	Ranjeet Gazmer	74	0.72%	39.10
	AITC	Mohan Lall Thatal(Darjee)	73	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			920	8.97%	4.74
Turnout			10,261	82.63%	0.31
Registered electors			12,418		32.81
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	1.08

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: West Pendam ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Neeru Sewa	4,151	53.53%	New
	INC	Jagdish Cintury	3,088	39.82%	New
	BJP	S. K. Bardewa	212	2.73%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Tika Ghatani	116	1.50%	New
	SHRP	Tek Bahadur Thatal	73	0.94%	New
	Independent	Nandalal Darjee	71	0.92%	New
	NCP	Jit Man Darjee	44	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			1,063	13.71%
Turnout			7,755	82.94%
Registered electors			9,350
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
• Gangtok
• Pakyong 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. West Pendam Assembly Constituency Elections
3. THE DELIMITATION ACT, 2002
4. Pankaj Dhungel (21 June 2021). "3 sub-divisions of East Sikkim to form Sikkim's newest district Pakyong" . Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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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