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28. Rumtek

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1994

SK-RUMTEK

SSP 43.9%won by 14.4%SDF 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.5% to 14.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSikkim Democratic Front (SDF) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.3% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.

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
6,688
Margin
965
14.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1MENLOM LEPCHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,93443.9%
  2. 2KARMA TEMPO NAMGYAL GYALTSENSikkim Democratic Front · SDF1,96929.4%
  3. 3O.T. BHUTIAIndian National Congress · INC1,49622.4%
  4. 4NIMA LEPCHAIndependent · IND2073.1%
  5. 5UTTAM LEPCHARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP480.7%
  6. 6NIMA TSHERING SHERPAIndependent · IND340.5%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–SDF swing
−50.9%
SSP share
65.3% → 43.9%
SDF share
0.0% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
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