Constituency
29. Assam-Lingjey
Community mirrorSikkim Assembly Election, 1994
SK-ASSAM-LINGJEY
SSP 31.7%won by 3.7%SDF 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedSamyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 3.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSikkim Democratic Front (SDF) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.6% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
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
4,969
Margin
186
3.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SSP- 1TSETEN TASHISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,57431.7%
- 2NAMGEY BHUTIASikkim Democratic Front · SDF1,38827.9%
- 3KUNGA ZANGPO BHUTIAIndependent · IND81016.3%
- 4SHERAP PALDENIndependent · IND58311.7%
- 5MAJOR T. GYATSOIndian National Congress · INC2835.7%
- 6SONAM DUPDENIndependent · IND2615.3%
- 7AZING LEPCHAIndependent · IND701.4%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- SSP
- SSP–SDF swing
- −58.0%
- SSP share
- 61.7% → 31.7%
- SDF share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —