Constituency
375. Sikkim
Community mirrorSikkim · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-SIKKIM
SDF 52.6%won by 10.4%SSP 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedSikkim Democratic Front held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.6% to 10.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.4% to 80.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,55,377
Turnout
80.3%
Valid votes
2,05,133
Margin
21,362
10.41%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SDF- 1Bhim Pd. DahalSikkim Democratic Front · SDF1,07,82852.6%
- 2Satish Chandra RaiSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP86,46642.2%
- 3Somnath PoudyalIndian National Congress · INC9,7624.8%
- 4Youaraj RaiIndependent · IND1,0770.5%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- SDF
- Winner now
- SDF
- SDF–SSP swing
- −55.3%
- SDF share
- 65.7% → 52.6%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 65.9% → 80.3%