Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency)
Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency) | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
![]() Location of Sikkim in India | |
Incumbent | Indra Hang Subba |
Parliamentary Party | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1977 |
Reservation | None |
State | Sikkim |
Total Electors | 370,611[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | 32: Yoksam–Tashiding (BL), Yangthang, Maneybong Dentam, Gyalshing-Barnyak, Rinchenpong (BL), Daramdin (BL), Soreng-Chakung, Salghari-Zoom (SC), Barfung (BL), Poklok-Kamrang, Namchi-Singhithang, Melli, Namthang-Rateypani, Temi-Namphing, Rangang-Yangang, Tumin Lingee (BL), Khamdong-Singtam, West Pendam (SC), Rhenock, Chujachen, Gnathang-Machong (BL), Namchaybong, Shyari (BL), Martam-Rumtek (BL), Upper Tadong, Arithang, Gangtok (BL), Upper Burtuk, Kabi Lungchok (BL), Djongu (BL), Lachen-Mangan (BL), and Sangha[2] |
Coordinates: 27°20′N 88°37′E / 27.33°N 88.62°E
Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituency which covers the entire area of the state of Sikkim.
Sikkim participated in its first general elections in 1977 after joining the Union in 1975. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Chatra Bahadur Chhetri of the Indian National Congress who was elected unopposed. The current MP is Indra Hang Subba, who has represented the constituency since 2019. His term is expected to end in May 2024. [needs update]
Assembly Segments[edit]
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1977 | Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri[3] | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | Pahal Man Subba[4] | Sikkim Janata Parishad | |
1984 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari[5] | Independent | |
1985 | Dil Kumari Bhandari | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | |
1989 | Nandu Thapa[6] | ||
1991 | Dil Kumari Bhandari[7] | ||
1996 | Bhim Prasad Dahal[8][9][10] | Sikkim Democratic Front | |
1998 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Nakul Das Rai[11] | ||
2009 | Prem Das Rai[12][13] | ||
2014 | |||
2019 | Indra Hang Subba | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |
Election results[edit]
20th century[edit]
General election 1977[edit]
In the first election after Sikkim joined the Union, Indian National Congress candidate, Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri was elected unopposed.[3][14][15]
General election 1980[edit]
Template:Election box winning candidateParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sikkim Congress (R) | R. C. Paudyal | 11,632 | 22.59 | N/A | |
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress | Indra Bahudar Rai | 5,125 | 9.95 | N/A | |
Independent | Ram Prasad Sharma | 1,073 | 2.08 | N/A | |
[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] | Kharananda Adhikari | 943 | 1.83 | N/A | |
Independent | Ashok Kumar Subba | 801 | 1.56 | N/A | |
Independent | Damber Kumari Pradhan | 179 | 0.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,118 | 39.06 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,895 | 44.74 | N/A |
General election 1984[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nar Bahadur Bhandari | 56,614 | 68.50 | N/A | |
INC | Pahal Man Subba | 21,327 | 25.81 | N/A | |
Independent | Bishnu Kumar Rai | 1,717 | 2.08 | N/A | |
Independent | Lal Bhadur Basnet | 936 | 1.13 | N/A | |
CPI | Bhim Bahadur Mishra | 843 | 1.02 | N/A | |
JP | Ashok Kumar Subba | 604 | 0.73 | N/A | |
Independent | Phur Tshering Lepcha | 495 | 0.60 | N/A | |
Independent | Baldeoram Harijan | 110 | 0.13 | N/A | |
Majority | 35,287 | 42.69 | +3.63 | ||
Turnout | 86,024 | 57.64 | +12.90 | ||
Independent gain from Sikkim Janata Parishad | Swing |
General election 1989[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Nandu Thapa | 91,608 | 68.52 | N/A | |
INC | Dil Kumari Bhandari | 28,822 | 21.56 | -4.25 | |
Rising Sun Party | Ram Chandra Poudyal | 12,858 | 9.62 | N/A | |
Independent | Sonam Topgyal Gensapa | 411 | 0.31 | N/A | |
Majority | 62,786 | 46.96 | +4.27 | ||
Turnout | 138,698 | 72.01 | +14.37 | ||
Sikkim Sangram Parishad gain from Independent | Swing |
General election 1991[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Dil Kumari Bhandari | 103,970 | 90.12 | +31.60 | |
Independent | Phur Tshering Lepcha | 3,759 | 3.26 | N/A | |
CPI (M) | Dukanath Nepal | 3,372 | 2.92 | N/A | |
Independent | Bharat Basnet | 2,688 | 2.33 | N/A | |
Independent | Kharga Bhaadur Subba | 867 | 0.75 | N/A | |
Independent | Mandadara Sharma | 536 | 0.46 | N/A | |
Independent | Yognidhi Bhandari | 181 | 0.16 | N/A | |
Majority | 100,211 | 86.86 | +39.90 | ||
Turnout | 118,502 | 58.75 | -13.26 | ||
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
General election 1996[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Bhim Prasad Dahal | 124,218 | 72.15 | N/A | |
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Nar Bahadur Bhandari | 42,175 | 24.50 | -65.62 | |
Independent | Nandalal Gurung | 4,263 | 2.48 | N/A | |
Independent | Dhan Bahadur Tamang | 436 | 0.25 | N/A | |
Independent | Krishna Chandra Pradhan | 421 | 0.24 | N/A | |
Independent | Nabin Chandra Subba | 410 | 0.24 | N/A | |
Independent | Bhagwan Prasad | 251 | 0.15 | N/A | |
Majority | 82,043 | 47.65 | -39.21 | ||
Turnout | 177,440 | 77.43 | +18.68 | ||
Sikkim Democratic Front gain from Sikkim Sangram Parishad | Swing |
General election 1998[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Bhim Prasad Dahal | 102,440 | 65.72 | -6.43 | |
INC | Sanchaman Subba | 51,611 | 33.11 | N/A | |
Independent | Om Prakash Bhandari | 1,820 | 1.17 | N/A | |
Majority | 50,829 | 32.61 | +15.04 | ||
Turnout | 158,787 | 67.14 | -10.29 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
General election 1999[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Bhim Prasad Dahal | 107,828 | 52.56 | -13.16 | |
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Satish Chandra Rai | 86,466 | 42.15 | N/A | |
INC | Somnath Poudyal | 9,762 | 4.76 | -28.35 | |
Independent | Youaraj Rai | 1,077 | 0.53 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,362 | 10.41 | -22.20 | ||
Turnout | 208,670 | 81.71 | +14.57 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
21st century[edit]
General election 2004[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Nakul Das Rai | 153,409 | 69.84 | +17.28 | |
INC | Biraj Adhikari | 60,258 | 27.43 | +22.67 | |
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Sikkim Sangram Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Rajendra P. D. Uprety | 3,216 | 1.46 | -40.69 | |
style="background-color: Template:Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad|Template:Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Tara Kumar Pradhan | 2,765 | 1.26 | +N/A |
Majority | 93,151 | 42.41 | +32.00 | ||
Turnout | 219,648 | 77.95 | -3.76 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
General election 2009[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Prem Das Rai | 159,351 | 63.30 | -6.54 | |
INC | Kharananda Upreti | 74,483 | 29.59 | +2.16 | |
style="background-color: Template:Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad|Template:Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Tara KR. Pradhan | 4,639 | 1.84 | +0.58 |
BJP | Padam Br. Chettri | 4,458 | 1.77 | N/A | |
Independent | Atri Ram Chandra Poudyal | 3687 | 1.46 | N/A | |
Sikkim Jan-Ekta | Bhim Subba | 2849 | 1.13 | N/A | |
Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik | Nar Bahadur Khatiwada | 2284 | 0.91 | N/A | |
Majority | 84,868 | 33.71 | –8.70 | ||
Turnout | 251,751 | 81.00 | +3.05 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
General election 2014[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Prem Das Rai | 163,698 | 52.98 | -10.32 | |
[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|Template:Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/shortname]] | Tek Nath Dhakal | 121,956 | 39.47 | N/A | |
BJP | Nar Bahadur Khatiwada | 7,279 | 2.36 | +0.59 | |
INC | Akar Dhoj Limbu | 7,189 | 2.33 | -27.26 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 4,332 | 1.40 | N/A | |
AAP | Kaushal Rai | 2,541 | 0.82 | N/A | |
AITC | Nakul Das Rai | 1,972 | 0.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 41,742 | 13.51 | -20.20 | ||
Turnout | 308,967 | 83.37 | +2.37 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing |
General election 2019[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|Template:Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/shortname]] | Indra Hang Subba | 166,922 | 47.23 | ||
[[Sikkim Democratic Front|Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Dek Bahadur Katwal | 154,489 | 43.71 | ||
BJP | Laten Tshering Sherpa | 16,572 | 4.69 | ||
Majority | 12,433 | ||||
Turnout | 353,415 | 81.41 | |||
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha gain from Sikkim Democratic Front | Swing |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer of Sikkim. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 204. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 385. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 233. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 281. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
- ↑ "Election Trivia – Why no election was held in Sikkim before 1977?". Indiavotes. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "The explainer: Uncontested elections". Livemint. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "In the first-phase: Polls in 91 LS seats; Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha to also see assembly polls". 10 April 2019 – via The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2019 voting Updates: Voter turnout at 62% in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh registers 54% polling till 3 pm". Firstpost. 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Lok Sabha Election 2019: Sikkim votes today; SDF to take on Congress, BJP for 1 seat". BusinessToday. 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)