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Constituency

22. Khamdong

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1989

SK-KHAMDONG

SSP 71.3%won by 50.4%RIS 20.8%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.9% to 50.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRIS (RIS) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.1% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
4,673
Margin
2,357
50.44%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSPRIS swing
−30.3%
SSP share
80.8% 71.3%
RIS share
0.0% 20.8%
Turnout