Constituency
361. Sikkim
Community mirrorSikkim · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-SIKKIM
SJP 61.6%won by 39.1%SCR 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SJP), which now leads by 39.1%.
- SJP vote shareSJP went from 0.0% to 61.6% of the vote here (+61.6%).
- New challengerSCR (SCR) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 43.6% to 43.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,18,224
Turnout
43.6%
Valid votes
51,503
Margin
20,118
39.06%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SJP- 1PAHAL MAN SUBBASamajwadi Jan Parishad · SJP31,75061.6%
- 2R.C. PAUDYALSCR · SCR11,63222.6%
- 3INDRA BAHADUR RAISPC · SPC5,12510.0%
- 4RAM PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND1,0732.1%
- 5KHARANANDA ADHIKARIINCU · INCU9431.8%
- 6ASHOK KUMAR SUBBAIndependent · IND8011.6%
- 7DAMBER KUMARI PRADHANIndependent · IND1790.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SJPflipped
- SJP–SCR swing
- +39.1%
- SJP share
- 0.0% → 61.6%
- SCR share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- 0.0% → 43.6%