2019_Sikkim_Legislative_Assembly_election

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
32 Seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly; 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.43% 0.46%
	Map of the election results. The Sangha seat, elected by the monks, is not shown here.
Chief Minister before election; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF	Elected Chief Minister ; Prem Singh Tamang; SKM

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2019

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the tenth Legislative Assembly. The term of the tenth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019.^[1]^[2]

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Poll Event	Date
Issue of Notification	Monday 18 March 2019
Last Date for filing Nominations	Monday 25 March 2019
Scrutiny of Nominations	Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	Thursday,28 March 2019
Date of Poll	Thursday, 11 April 2019
Counting of Votes	Thursday, 23 May 2019
Date of election being completed	Sunday, 2 June 2019
Source: Election Commission of India^[3]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Democratic Front	167,620	47.63	15	–7
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	165,508	47.03	17	+7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,700	1.62	0	0
	Indian National Congress	2,719	0.77	0	0
	Hamro Sikkim Party	2,098	0.60	0	New
	Sikkim Republican Party	1,233	0.35	0	New
	Sikkim Rajya Manch	647	0.18	0	New
	Sikkim United Front Party	62	0.02	0	New
	Jai Maha Bharath Party	41	0.01	0	New
	Independents	3,286	0.93	0	0
None of the above		3,039	0.86	–	–
Total		351,953	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		351,953	99.57
Invalid/blank votes		1,534	0.43
Total votes		353,487	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		434,128	81.42
Source: CEO Sikkim

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
Gyalshing District
1	Yoksam–Tashiding	84.88%	Sangay Lepcha		SKM	5,686	48.52%	Dichen Wangchuk Bhutia		SDF	5,607	47.84%	79
2	Yangthang	82.58%	Bhim Hang Limboo		SKM	5,184	48.47%	Dal Bahadur Subba		SDF	5,137	48.03%	47
3	Maneybong–Dentam	85.25%	Narendra Kumar Subba		SDF	7,134	55.15%	Purna Hang Subba		SKM	5,630	43.52%	1,504
4	Gyalshing–Barnyak	82.81%	Lok Nath Sharma		SKM	5,862	57.06%	Laxuman Sharma		SDF	4,048	39.4%	1,814
Soreng District
5	Rinchenpong	85.38%	Karma Sonam Lepcha		SDF	6,582	52.24%	Phurba Tshering Bhutia		SKM	5,513	43.76%	1,069
6	Daramdin	82.99%	Mingma Narbu Sherpa		SKM	6,219	49.08%	Pem Norbu Sherpa		SDF	5,883	46.43%	336
7	Soreng–Chakung	84.29%	Aditya Tamang		SKM	6,580	50.08%	Sancha Raj Subba		SDF	6,372	48.49%	208
8	Salghari–Zoom	81.62%	Sunita Gajmer		SKM	4,400	49.27%	Dhan Kumari Kami		SDF	4,307	48.23%	93
Namchi District
9	Barfung	81.23%	Tashi Thendup Bhutia		SDF	5,936	49.13%	Lobzang Bhutia		SKM	5,839	48.32%	97
10	Poklok–Kamrang	83.89%	Pawan Kumar Chamling		SDF	7,731	59.09%	Kharga Bahadur Rai		SKM	4,832	36.93%	2,899
11	Namchi–Singhithang	79.17%	Pawan Kumar Chamling		SDF	5,054	50.31%	Ganesh Rai		SKM	4,677	46.56%	377
12	Melli	81.69%	Farwanti Tamang		SDF	6,354	50.25%	Tilak Basnet		SKM	5,489	43.41%	865
13	Namthang–Rateypani	82.71%	Sanjit Kharel		SKM	6,848	53.59%	Birjan Tamang		SDF	5,543	43.38%	1,305
14	Temi–Namphing	82.73%	Bedu Singh Panth		SKM	6,084	51.7%	Garjaman Gurung		SDF	5,314	45.16%	770
15	Rangang–Yangang	82.58%	Raj Kumari Thapa		SDF	6,146	53.47%	Raj Kumar Basnet		SKM	4,621	40.2%	1,525
16	Tumin–Lingee	83.46%	Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia		SDF	6,615	49.89%	Samdup Tshering Bhutia		SKM	6,295	47.47%	320
Gangtok District
17	Khamdong–Singtam	81.2%	Dr. Mani Kumar Sharma		SKM	5,347	50.39%	Garjaman Gurung		SDF	4,474	42.16%	873
Pakyong District
18	West Pendam	77.97%	Lall Bahadur Das		SKM	5,799	49.64%	Gopal Baraily		SDF	4,901	41.95%	898
19	Rhenock	81.88%	Bishnu Kumar Sharma		SKM	8,039	56.44%	Hemendra Adhikari		SDF	4,953	34.77%	3,086
20	Chujachen	79.96%	Krishna Bahadur Rai		SDF	7,266	51.12%	Damber Kumar Pradhan		SKM	5,939	41.79%	1,327
21	Gnathang–Machong	84.1%	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha		SDF	6,380	62.97%	Tshering Bhutia		SKM	3,460	34.15%	2,920
22	Namchaybong	82.15%	Em Prasad Sharma		SDF	6,141	49.52%	Denis Rai		SKM	5,170	41.69%	971
Gangtok District
23	Shyari	77.69%	Kunga Nima Lepcha		SKM	6,638	54.31%	Karma Wangdi Bhutia		SDF	5,282	43.22%	1,356
24	Martam–Rumtek	81.02%	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha		SDF	6,244	45.4%	Sonam Venchungpa		SKM	6,171	44.87%	73
25	Upper Tadong	72.92%	Gay Tshering Dhungel		SDF	3,844	51.01%	Anand Lama		SKM	3,428	45.49%	416
26	Arithang	69.%	Arun Kumar Upreti		SKM	3,150	40.02%	Ashis Rai		Independent	2,676	33.99%	474
27	Gangtok	63.76%	Kunga Nima Lepcha		SKM	3,838	51.68%	Pintso Chopel		SDF	2,950	39.72%	888
28	Upper Burtuk	77.45%	Dilli Ram Thapa		SDF	6,107	51.77%	Nagendra Bikram Gurung		SKM	5,350	45.35%	757
Mangan District
29	Kabi–Lungchok	81.83%	Karma Loday Bhutia		SKM	5,705	55.07%	Ugen Nedup Bhutia		SDF	4,268	41.2%	1,437
30	Djongu	88.41%	Pintso Namgyal Lepcha		SDF	5,613	66.17%	Chungkipu Lepcha		SKM	2,612	30.79%	3,001
31	Lachen–Mangan	85.41%	Samdup Lepcha		SKM	3,615	53.8%	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha		SDF	3,031	45.11%	584
Buddhist Monasteries
32	Sangha	72.15%	Sonam Lama		SKM	1,488	62.63%	Tshering Lama		SDF	858	36.11%	630

2019_Sikkim_Legislative_Assembly_election

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Schedule of election

Results

Results by constituency

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