Election
Constituency

30. Ranka

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1994

SK-RANKA

SSP 37.6%won by 0.3%SDF 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 0.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSikkim Democratic Front (SDF) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.8% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
5,857
Margin
18
0.31%

Candidates

8 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1RINZING ONGMUSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,20037.6%
  2. 2TSETEN LEPCHASikkim Democratic Front · SDF2,18237.3%
  3. 3DRUG TRUK GYATSO LEPCHAIndian National Congress · INC1,37523.5%
  4. 4TASHI TOPGEYIndependent · IND430.7%
  5. 5KARMA GYATSO BHUTIAIndependent · IND170.3%
  6. 6PALDEN BHUTIARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP170.3%
  7. 7TSHERING NANGYALIndependent · IND140.2%
  8. 8NAMGYAL TOPGEYIndependent · IND90.2%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–SDF swing
−61.5%
SSP share
61.8% → 37.6%
SDF share
0.0% → 37.3%
Turnout
— → —
29. Assam-Lingjey31. Gangtok
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