Constituency
5. Rinchenpong
Community mirrorSikkim Assembly Election, 2009
SK-RINCHENPONG
SDF 72.7%won by 48.5%INC 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedSikkim Democratic Front held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 65.3% to 48.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Safe seatSikkim Democratic Front 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
8,857
Margin
4,293
48.47%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SDF- 1DAWA NORBU TAKARPASikkim Democratic Front · SDF6,43872.7%
- 2PEMA KINZANG BHUTIAIndian National Congress · INC2,14524.2%
- 3PHURBA SHERPASGPP · SGPP1601.8%
- 4KARSANG SHERPASHRP · SHRP1141.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SDF
- Winner now
- SDF
- SDF–INC swing
- −16.8%
- SDF share
- 81.6% → 72.7%
- INC share
- 16.3% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —