Constituency
12. Melli
Community mirrorSikkim · Sikkim Assembly Election, 2019
SK-MELLI
SDF 50.2%won by 6.8%SKM 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedSikkim Democratic Front held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.4% to 6.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 81.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,479
Turnout
81.7%
Valid votes
12,645
Margin
865
6.84%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SDF- 1FARWANTI TAMANGSikkim Democratic Front · SDF6,35450.2%
- 2TILAK BASNETSikkim Krantikari Morcha · SKM5,48943.4%
- 3BHOLA CHAWHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3823.0%
- 4NOTANOTA · NOTA1661.3%
- 5HARI BASNETTIndian National Congress · INC1211.0%
- 6BAL BIR TAMANGSKPP · SKPP700.6%
- 7LALL BAHADUR CHETTRIHMSKP · HMSKP630.5%
Since 2014
Derived- Winner then
- SDF
- Winner now
- SDF
- SDF–SKM swing
- −30.5%
- SDF share
- 67.3% → 50.2%
- SKM share
- 30.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- 84.6% → 81.7%