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Sikkim · Assembly Constituency 21 · 2004

Loosing Pachekhani

Winner — 2004

MANITA THAPA
SDF· Sikkim Democratic Front (unaligned this year)
SDF 71.7%INC 27.0%1 others 1.3%
Votes
4,394
71.7% share
Winning margin
2,743
44.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
81.3%
of 7,530

Loosing Pachekhani is a safe seat — MANITA THAPA won by 44.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANITA THAPA
Sikkim Democratic Front (unaligned this year)
4,39471.7%
2
BHARAT BASNETT
UPA
1,65126.9%
3
PASSANG TAMANG
SHRP
811.3%

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
44.8%
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
SDF 71.7%INC 26.9%OTH 1.3%

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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