1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
16 November 1994
All 32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Constituencies of Sikkim
CM before election; Nar Bahadur Bhandari; SSP	Elected CM ; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim, in November 1994, to elect the 32 members of the fifth Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2]

Parties Contested

No.	Party	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling	32
2.	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	31
3.	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao	31
4.	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Manoj Bhattacharya	11
5.	Bharatiya Janata Party	L. K. Advani	3
6.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Harkishan Singh Surjeet	2
7.	Independents	collective leadership	76

Results



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Democratic Front	72,856	42.00	42.00	19
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,851	35.08	35.33	10	22
	Indian National Congress	26,045	15.02	3.03	2	2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,906	1.68	1.68	0
	Bharatiya Janata Party	274	0.16	0.16	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	270	0.16	0.16	0
	Independents	10,255	5.91	3.18	1	1
Total		173,457	100.00	–	32	0

Valid votes		173,457	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,566	2.56
Total votes		178,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,743	81.76
Source: ECI

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[3]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Yoksam	82.89%	Ashok Kumar Subba		Independent	2,231	39.19%	Sanchaman Subba		INC	2,086	36.64%	145
2	Tashiding	82.04%	Thutop Bhutia		SSP	1,644	35.42%	Rinzing Wangyal Kazi		SDF	1,512	32.57%	132
3	Geyzing	82.56%	Dal Bahadur Gurung		SDF	2,893	50.%	Dal Bahadur Karki		SSP	1,412	24.4%	1,481
4	Dentam	85.53%	Chakra Bahadur Subba		SDF	2,193	40.11%	Padam Lall Gurung		SSP	1,844	33.72%	349
5	Barmiok	83.89%	Tulshi Prasad Pradhan		SDF	2,007	42.58%	Birendra Subba		SSP	1,552	32.92%	455
6	Rinchenpong	78.51%	Phur Tshering Lepcha		SDF	3,181	59.07%	Phurba Sherpa		SSP	1,456	27.04%	1,725
7	Chakung	84.39%	Prem Singh Tamang		SDF	3,372	58.07%	Tika Gurung		SSP	1,766	30.41%	1,606
8	Soreong	83.18%	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		SSP	3,291	50.78%	Man Bahadur Subba		SDF	2,886	44.53%	405
9	Daramdin	84.29%	Ran Bahadur Subba		SDF	3,832	61.04%	Padam Bahadur Gurung		SSP	2,022	32.21%	1,810
10	Jorthang–Nayabazar	83.8%	Bhoj Raj Rai		SDF	4,160	57.59%	Dil Kumari Bhandari		SSP	2,519	34.87%	1,641
11	Ralong	85.93%	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia		SDF	2,017	44.82%	Ugen Tashi Bhutia		SSP	1,135	25.22%	882
12	Wak	82.88%	Kedar Nath Rai		SDF	2,301	51.71%	Bedu Singh Panth		SSP	1,469	33.01%	832
13	Damthang	80.27%	Pawan Kumar Chamling		SDF	3,904	68.95%	Kumar Subba		SSP	1,463	25.84%	2,441
14	Melli	85.13%	Girish Chandra Rai		SDF	3,108	51.28%	Manita Pradhan		SSP	2,153	35.52%	955
15	Rateypani–West Pendam	82.1%	Aita Singh Kami		SDF	3,409	54.22%	Madan Kumar Cintury		SSP	2,186	34.77%	1,223
16	Temi–Tarku	77.26%	Garjaman Gurung		SDF	3,273	55.89%	Indra Bahadur Rai		SSP	2,148	36.68%	1,125
17	Central Pendam–East Pendam	82.04%	Dilli Prasad Kharel		SDF	2,712	34.46%	Sang Dorjee Tamang		SSP	2,530	32.15%	182
18	Rhenock	83.79%	Kharananda Upreti		SSP	2,336	45.4%	Biraj Adhikari		SDF	1,645	31.97%	691
19	Regu	84.43%	Karna Bahadur Chamling		SDF	2,619	48.15%	Krishna Bahadur Rai		SSP	2,435	44.77%	184
20	Pathing	83.58%	Ram Lepcha		SSP	2,625	42.26%	Sonam Dorjee		SDF	1,848	29.75%	777
21	Loosing Pachekhani	83.35%	Dil Bahadur Thapa		SDF	1,497	30.54%	Jai Kumar Bhandari		SSP	1,485	30.3%	12
22	Khamdong	81.82%	Gopal Lamichaney		SDF	3,260	50.69%	Ganju Thatal		SSP	2,164	33.65%	1,096
23	Djongu	83.09%	Sonam Chyoda Lepcha		INC	1,550	39.18%	Sonam Dorjee Lepcha		SSP	1,503	37.99%	47
24	Lachen Mangshila	81.55%	Hishey Lachungpa		SDF	2,316	44.21%	Tseten Lepcha		INC	1,420	27.1%	896
25	Kabi Tingda	81.43%	Thenlay Tshering Bhutia		SDF	1,554	35.81%	T. Lachungpa		INC	1,499	34.54%	55
26	Rakdong Tentek	81.94%	Mingma Tshering Sherpa		SSP	2,835	52.77%	Phuchung Bhutia		INC	880	16.38%	1,955
27	Martam	82.98%	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha		SSP	2,955	48.96%	Samten Tshering Bhutia		SDF	1,647	27.29%	1,308
28	Rumtek	80.33%	Menlom Lepcha		SSP	2,934	42.91%	Karma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen		SDF	1,969	28.8%	965
29	Assam–Lingjey	84.76%	Tseten Tashi		SSP	1,574	30.99%	Namgey Bhutia		SDF	1,388	27.33%	186
30	Ranka	81.5%	Rinzing Ongmu		SSP	2,200	36.78%	Tseten Lepcha		SDF	2,182	36.48%	18
31	Gangtok	72.54%	Narendra Kumar Pradhan		SSP	2,798	38.73%	Dilli Prasad Dhungel		INC	2,070	28.65%	728
32	Sangha	54.02%	Namkha Gyaltsen Lama		INC	767	46.01%	Palden Lama		SDF	643	38.57%	124

References

↑ "No match for Sikkim's victorious regional parties since 1979". The Times of India. PTI. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
↑ "Success in Sikkim eludes national parties". Business Standard. PTI. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[toi-1] "No match for Sikkim's victorious regional parties since 1979". The Times of India. PTI. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[business-standard-2] "Success in Sikkim eludes national parties". Business Standard. PTI. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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