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30. Ranka

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1985

SK-RANKA

SSP 65.6%won by 33.5%INC 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SCR (SCR) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 33.5%.

  • SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 65.6% of the vote here (+65.6%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1979.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 66.7% — 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
2,867
Margin
960
33.48%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1DORJEE TSHERING BHUTIASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,88065.6%
  2. 2NAMGYAL TOPGAY BHUTIAIndian National Congress · INC92032.1%
  3. 3LOBSANG PALDENIndependent · IND481.7%
  4. 4SONAM DHONDUPIndependent · IND140.5%
  5. 5TASHI TOBGAY BHUTIASPC · SPC50.2%

Since 1979

Derived
Winner then
SCR
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSP–INC swing
+33.5%
SSP share
0.0% → 65.6%
INC share
0.0% → 32.1%
Turnout
— → —
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