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Constituency

28. Rumtek

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1985

SK-RUMTEK

SSP 61.4%won by 41.3%INC 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SJP) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 41.3%.

  • SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 61.4% of the vote here (+61.4%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 20.2% — it polled just 1.5% in 1979.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
3,146
Margin
1,299
41.29%

Since 1979

Derived
Winner then
SJP
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSPINC swing
+42.8%
SSP share
0.0% 61.4%
INC share
1.5% 20.2%
Turnout