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4. Dentam

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1985

SK-DENTAM

SSP 77.2%won by 60.3%INC 16.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SCR (SCR) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 60.3%.

  • SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 77.2% of the vote here (+77.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 16.9% — it did not contest here in 1979.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.1% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
3,051
Margin
1,840
60.31%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1PADAM LALL GURUNGSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,35577.2%
  2. 2LAXMI PRASAD SUBBAIndian National Congress · INC51516.9%
  3. 3PADAM SINGH SUBBAJanata Party · JNP561.8%
  4. 4PHURBA SHERPAIndependent · IND541.8%
  5. 5TIL BAHADUR SUBBAIndependent · IND411.3%
  6. 6NARAYAN PRADHANIndependent · IND291.0%
  7. 7KRISHON BAHADUR CHETTRISPC · SPC10.0%

Since 1979

Derived
Winner then
SCR
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSP–INC swing
+60.3%
SSP share
0.0% → 77.2%
INC share
0.0% → 16.9%
Turnout
— → —
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