Election
Constituency

31. Gangtok

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Sikkim Assembly Election, 1999

SK-GANGTOK

SSP 48.9%won by 5.4%SDF 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.3% to 5.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
8,812
Margin
473
5.37%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1NARENDRA KR. PRADHANSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,30848.9%
  2. 2K. B. GURUNGSikkim Democratic Front · SDF3,83543.5%
  3. 3ANAND LAMAIndian National Congress · INC5486.2%
  4. 4BHUMERLALL SIROHIACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM861.0%
  5. 5THENDUP DORJEE BHUTIAIndependent · IND350.4%

Since 1994

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–SDF swing
−16.5%
SSP share
39.6% → 48.9%
SDF share
17.7% → 43.5%
Turnout
— → —
30. Ranka32. Sangha
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