Constituency
30. Ranka
Community mirrorSikkim Assembly Election, 1989
SK-RANKA
SSP 61.8%won by 26.9%INC 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedSamyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.5% to 26.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — 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
4,706
Margin
1,265
26.88%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SSP- 1DORJEE TSHERINGSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,90961.8%
- 2SONAM TSH. LEPCHAIndian National Congress · INC1,64434.9%
- 3NEPHEW BHUTIARIS · RIS1533.3%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- SSP
- SSP–INC swing
- −6.6%
- SSP share
- 65.6% → 61.8%
- INC share
- 32.1% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- — → —