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Sikkim · Assembly Constituency 4 · 2004

Dentam

Winner — 2004

DEEPAK KUMAR GURUNG
SDF· Sikkim Democratic Front (unaligned this year)
SDF 65.4%INC 32.9%1 others 1.7%
Votes
4,158
65.4% share
Winning margin
2,065
32.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
85.0%
of 7,480

Dentam is a safe seat — DEEPAK KUMAR GURUNG won by 32.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEEPAK KUMAR GURUNG
Sikkim Democratic Front (unaligned this year)
4,15865.4%
2
SHER HANG SUBBA
UPA
2,09332.9%
3
MANGAL DHOJ SUBBA
IND
1051.6%

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 (11th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 27.4% · min 6.5% · max 60.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
11th of 32

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 32

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
14th of 32

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SDF 65.4%INC 32.9%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,36,435
Density
117 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,166 km²
SC population4.3%
ST population42.4%
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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 55.2%Buddhist 26.7%Christian 9.5%Other 7.7%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.6%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation84.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated96.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.2%
Children underweight (under 5)19.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Women literate85.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance19.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Animal Husbandry related products🏷️Dalle KhursaniGI🏺Handloom and Handicraft🏷️Sikkim Large CardamomGI🏺Tourism🏺Trout Fishing

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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