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Sikkim · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1999

Loosing Pachekhani

Winner — 1999

JAI KR. BHANDARI
SSP 48.0%SDF 47.9%1 others 4.2%
Votes
2,826
48.0% share
Winning margin
5
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
82.5%
of 7,144

Loosing Pachekhani was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 5 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI KR. BHANDARI
2,82648.0%
2
VINOD PRADHAN
NDA
2,82147.9%
3
ARUN KR. RAI
INC
2464.2%

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 (19th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.7% · min 0.1% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
19th of 32

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 32

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
17th of 32

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 48.0%SDF 47.9%OTH 4.2%

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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