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Sikkim · Assembly Constituency 31 · 1979

Gangtok

Winner — 1979

LALL BAHADUR BASNET
SJP
SJP 38.9%JNP 26.7%15 others 34.4%
Votes
1,707
38.9% share
Winning margin
533
12.1% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
55.5%
of 7,908

A clear win with a 12.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LALL BAHADUR BASNET
SJP
1,70738.9%
2
DORJEE DADUL
Janata
1,17426.8%
3
D.P. BHAWANIPURI
IND
4209.6%
4
KHARKA BAHADUR CHHETRI
IND
3217.3%
5
KAISER BAHADUR THAPA
SPC
2846.5%
6
GANESAN
IND
1072.4%
7
JAGAT BANDHU PRADHAN
SCR
892.0%
8
RAM CHANDRA VERMA
IND
771.8%
9
BIMAL KUMAR RASAILY
IND
591.3%
10
K.B. PRADHAN
IND
461.1%
11
GAURI SHANKER BANSAL
IND
240.6%
12
R. P. NEHRU
IND
210.5%
13
MALCHAND AGARWALA
IND
150.3%
14
HARI BHAKTA PRADHAN
IND
150.3%
15
SANTOSH NIRASH
IND
140.3%
16
RATNA KAMAL DEWAN
IND
100.2%
17
ANAD SINGHAL
IND
60.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (13th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 5.4% · max 35.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
13th of 32

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.02
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 32

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
5th of 32

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SJP 38.9%JNP 26.8%IND 9.6%IND 7.3%SPC 6.5%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,709
Density
10 / km²
Sex ratio
767 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,226 km²
SC population2.3%
ST population65.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%BUDDHIST
Buddhist 53.4%Hindu 34.0%Christian 6.1%Other 6.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water71.9%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation77.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated90.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.8%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Women literate81.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel65.9%
Health insurance24.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Buck Wheat🏺Handloom and Handicraft🏺Orange🏷️Sikkim Large CardamomGI

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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