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Constituency

346. Sikkim

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Sikkim · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-SIKKIM

IND 68.5%won by 42.7%INC 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SJP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 42.7%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 2.1% to 68.5% of the vote here (+66.4%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.8% to 55.4%.

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

Electorate
1,49,256
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
82,646
Margin
35,287
42.70%

Candidates

8 contested · winner IND
  1. 1NAR BHADUR BHANDARIIndependent · IND56,61468.5%
  2. 2PAHALMAN SUBBAIndian National Congress · INC21,32725.8%
  3. 3BISHNU KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND1,7172.1%
  4. 4LAL BHADUR BASNETIndependent · IND9361.1%
  5. 5BHIM BAHADUR MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI8431.0%
  6. 6ASHOK KUMAR SUBBAJanata Party · JNP6040.7%
  7. 7PHUR TSHERING LEPCHAIndependent · IND4950.6%
  8. 8BALDEORAM HARIJANIndependent · IND1100.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SJP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+40.6%
IND share
2.1% → 68.5%
INC share
0.0% → 25.8%
Turnout
43.6% → 55.4%
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