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Constituency

7. Chakung

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1989

SK-CHAKUNG

SSP 83.3%won by 71.2%IND 12.0%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.7% to 71.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Safe seatSamyukta Socialist Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
4,568
Margin
3,254
71.23%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1TARA MAN RAISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,80483.3%
  2. 2RASTAMAN RAIIndependent · IND55012.0%
  3. 3CHAKRA BAHADUR GURUNGIndian National Congress · INC1152.5%
  4. 4VINOD KUMAR DUNGMALIRIS · RIS851.9%
  5. 5PRAKASH C. PRITHIWARIndependent · IND140.3%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–IND swing
+17.4%
SSP share
57.2% → 83.3%
IND share
3.3% → 12.0%
Turnout
— → —
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