Gangtok | |
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Constituency No. 27 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Sikkim |
District | Gangtok |
LS constituency | Sikkim |
Reservation | BL |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
10th Sikkim Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
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 is Scheduled Tribe (ST: Bhutia, Lepcha and Sherpa) constituency from 2009.
Election | Member | Party | |
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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 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Yong Tshering Lepcha | 2,508 | 41.57% | 36.29 | |
SNPP | Delay Namgyal Barfungpa | 1,498 | 24.83% | New | |
SDF | Rinzing Ongmu Bhutia | 874 | 14.49% | 25.23 | |
HSP | Bhaichung Bhutia | 579 | 9.60% | 8.65 | |
Independent | Karma Yenten Chankapa | 455 | 7.54% | New | |
SRP | Song Tshering Lepcha | 119 | 1.97% | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 102 | 1.69% | 1.18 | |
Margin of victory | 1,010 | 16.74% | 4.78 | ||
Turnout | 6,033 | 51.23% | 12.53 | ||
Registered electors | 11,777 | 1.10 | |||
BJP gain from SKM | Swing | 10.10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SKM | Kunga Nima Lepcha | 3,838 | 51.68% | 9.60 | |
SDF | Pintso Chopel | 2,950 | 39.72% | 5.98 | |
BJP | Yong Tshering Lepcha | 392 | 5.28% | 2.79 | |
Independent | Delay Namgyal Barfungpa | 97 | 1.31% | New | |
HSP | Bhaichung Bhutia | 70 | 0.94% | New | |
Independent | Phurba Sherpa | 42 | 0.57% | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 38 | 0.51% | New | |
Margin of victory | 888 | 11.96% | 15.58 | ||
Turnout | 7,427 | 63.76% | 4.42 | ||
Registered electors | 11,649 | 15.65 | |||
SKM hold | Swing | 9.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SKM | Pintso Chopel | 4,208 | 61.28% | New | |
SDF | Hishey Lachungpa | 2,317 | 33.74% | 27.43 | |
BJP | Norden Gyalpo Dorji | 171 | 2.49% | New | |
INC | Tshering Gyatso Kaleon | 72 | 1.05% | 32.59 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 62 | 0.90% | New | |
AITC | Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha | 37 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,891 | 27.54% | 0.00 | ||
Turnout | 6,867 | 68.17% | 2.21 | ||
Registered electors | 10,073 | ||||
SKM gain from SDF | Swing | 0.10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDF | Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia | 3,506 | 61.18% | 5.51 | |
INC | Tshering Gyatso Kaleon | 1,928 | 33.64% | 1.94 | |
Independent | Delay Namgyal Barfungpa | 150 | 2.62% | New | |
SHRP | Uttam Lepcha | 123 | 2.15% | 1.54 | |
Margin of victory | 1,578 | 27.53% | 7.46 | ||
Turnout | 5,731 | 70.38% | 7.88 | ||
Registered electors | 8,143 | ||||
SDF hold | Swing | 5.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDF | Narendra Kumar Pradhan | 5,952 | 66.69% | 23.17 | |
INC | Nar Bahadur Bhandari | 2,829 | 31.70% | 25.48 | |
SSP | Devi Pd. Dahal | 90 | 1.01% | 47.88 | |
SHRP | Bhim Chettri | 54 | 0.61% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,123 | 34.99% | 29.62 | ||
Turnout | 8,925 | 62.50% | 3.74 | ||
Registered electors | 14,280 | 7.34 | |||
SDF gain from SSP | Swing | 17.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SSP | Narendra Kumar Pradhan | 4,308 | 48.89% | 9.33 | |
SDF | K. B. Gurung | 3,835 | 43.52% | 25.81 | |
INC | Anand Lama | 548 | 6.22% | 23.04 | |
CPI(M) | Bhumerlall Sirohia | 86 | 0.98% | New | |
Margin of victory | 473 | 5.37% | 4.92 | ||
Turnout | 8,812 | 67.82% | 4.78 | ||
Registered electors | 13,303 | 33.56 | |||
SSP hold | Swing | 9.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SSP | Narendra Kumar Pradhan | 2,798 | 39.55% | 16.85 | |
INC | Dilli Pd. Dhungel | 2,070 | 29.26% | 11.93 | |
SDF | Sher Bahadur Subedi | 1,253 | 17.71% | New | |
Independent | Balchand | 617 | 8.72% | New | |
Independent | Penzo D. Namgyal | 60 | 0.85% | New | |
Independent | Krishna S. Basneti | 55 | 0.78% | New | |
Independent | Gokul Singh Cintury | 52 | 0.74% | New | |
BJP | Kiran Chhetri | 46 | 0.65% | New | |
Independent | Pren Prakash Goyal | 42 | 0.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 728 | 10.29% | 4.92 | ||
Turnout | 7,074 | 72.54% | 4.55 | ||
Registered electors | 9,960 | 9.34 | |||
SSP hold | Swing | 16.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SSP | Manita Pradhan | 3,415 | 56.40% | 18.84 | |
INC | Dilli Prasad Dhungel | 2,494 | 41.19% | 31.12 | |
RIS | Lal Bahadur Basnet | 129 | 2.13% | New | |
Margin of victory | 921 | 15.21% | 9.60 | ||
Turnout | 6,055 | 68.31% | 16.52 | ||
Registered electors | 9,109 | 2.27 | |||
SSP gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Balchand Sarda | 2,010 | 43.17% | New | |
SSP | Dil Kumari Bhandari | 1,749 | 37.56% | New | |
INC | M.K.Chetri | 469 | 10.07% | New | |
Independent | Sonam Gyatso Trateng | 208 | 4.47% | New | |
Independent | Passang Obed Pazo | 72 | 1.55% | New | |
Independent | James Basnet | 39 | 0.84% | New | |
Independent | Kiran Chetri | 38 | 0.82% | New | |
SPC | Kalawati Subba | 27 | 0.58% | 5.89 | |
JP | Chyangha Tamang | 25 | 0.54% | 26.21 | |
Margin of victory | 261 | 5.61% | 6.54 | ||
Turnout | 4,656 | 50.71% | 5.55 | ||
Registered electors | 9,321 | 17.87 | |||
Independent gain from SJP | Swing | 4.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SJP | Lal Bahadur Basnet | 1,707 | 38.89% | New | |
JP | Dorjee Dadul | 1,174 | 26.75% | New | |
Independent | D. P. Bhawanipuri | 420 | 9.57% | New | |
Independent | Kharka Bahadur Chhetri | 321 | 7.31% | New | |
SPC | Kaiser Bahadur Thapa | 284 | 6.47% | New | |
Independent | Ganesan | 107 | 2.44% | New | |
SC (R) | Jagat Bandhu Pradhan | 89 | 2.03% | New | |
Independent | Ram Chandra Verma | 77 | 1.75% | New | |
Independent | Bimal Kumar Rasaily | 59 | 1.34% | New | |
Independent | K. B. Pradhan | 46 | 1.05% | New | |
Independent | Gauri Shanker Bansal | 24 | 0.55% | New | |
Margin of victory | 533 | 12.14% | |||
Turnout | 4,389 | 56.74% | |||
Registered electors | 7,908 | ||||
SJP win (new seat) |