Constituency
20. Pathing
Community mirrorSikkim Assembly Election, 1989
SK-PATHING
SSP 68.7%won by 39.8%INC 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedSamyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.3% to 39.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
4,691
Margin
1,865
39.76%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SSP- 1RAM LEPCHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,22568.7%
- 2SANGEY DORJEEIndian National Congress · INC1,36029.0%
- 3PALDEN BHUTIARIS · RIS1062.3%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- SSP
- SSP–INC swing
- −7.6%
- SSP share
- 72.7% → 68.7%
- INC share
- 25.4% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —