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Sikkim · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1985

Central Pendam-East Pendam

Winner — 1985

SUKUMAR PRADHAN
SSP 63.4%INC 32.5%4 others 4.0%
Votes
2,742
63.4% share
Winning margin
1,336
30.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
58.6%
of 7,379

Central Pendam-East Pendam is a safe seat — SUKUMAR PRADHAN won by 30.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUKUMAR PRADHAN
2,74263.4%
2
B. KHREL
INC
1,40632.5%
3
LOK NARAYAN PRADHAN
IND
922.1%
4
D. B. SUBBA
IND
491.1%
5
PRATAP SINGH GIRI
SPC
260.6%
6
KUNDHAM MULL SARDA
IND
70.2%

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 (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 2.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
25th of 32

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 32

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
28th of 32

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 63.4%INC 32.5%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
2,83,583
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
954 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population27.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 62.7%Buddhist 25.6%Christian 8.3%Other 3.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.0%
Electricity94.7%
Sanitation90.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.8%
Children underweight (under 5)13.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Women literate90.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.4%
Clean cooking fuel87.6%
Health insurance29.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Dalle KhursaniGI🏺Floriculture🏺Handloom and Handicraft🏺Pharma related🏷️Sikkim Large CardamomGI🏺Tourism

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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