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Assembly constituency 27 · Sikkim

Gangtok-(bl) is assembly constituency number 27 in Sikkim, in East district, and one of the segments of the Sikkim Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Delay Namgyal Barfungpa of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha won with 57.4% of the vote, 2,692 votes ahead of Pintso Chopel Lepcha (SDF).

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Gangtok-(bl) · 2024AC 27
  1. 01
    Delay Namgyal Barfungpa
    SKM
    4,440
    57.44%
  2. 02
    Pintso Chopel Lepcha
    SDF
    1,748
    22.61%
  3. 03
    Pema Wangyal Rinzing
    BJP
    1,230
    15.91%
  4. 04
    Dawcho Lepcha
    CAPS
    206
    2.66%
  5. 05
    Snumit Targain
    INC
    44
    0.57%
  6. NOTA · 62 (0.80%)

Margin 2,692 votes · 34.83% of valid votes

11,881
Registered electors
2024 election
65.4%
Turnout
+1.0 pts vs 2019
2,692
Victory margin
34.8% of valid votes
Apr 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 5 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 7,730 valid votes, NOTA included.

Gangtok-(bl) 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Delay Namgyal BarfungpaMale · 58 yrs · BLSKM4,440
57.44%
2Pintso Chopel LepchaMale · 55 yrs · BLSDF1,748
22.61%
3Pema Wangyal RinzingMale · 66 yrs · BLBJP1,230
15.91%
4Dawcho LepchaMale · 54 yrs · BLCAPS206
2.66%
—NOTANOTA62
0.80%
5Snumit TargainFemale · 62 yrs · BLINC44
0.57%
Past results

SKM held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024SKM 57.4%SDF 22.6%BJP 15.9%INC 0.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Delay Namgyal BarfungpaSKM · 57.4% · margin 2,692Turnout65.4%
2019 byeYong Tshering LepchaBJP · 40.9% · margin 1,010Turnout52.2%
2014Pintso ChopelSKM · 61.3% · margin 1,891Turnout68.3%
2009Dorjee Namgyal BhutiaSDF · 61.2% · margin 1,578Turnout70.7%
2019Kunga Nima LepchaSKM · 51.7% · margin 888Turnout64.4%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Gangtok-(bl) bye-election, 21 Oct 2019

Turnout 52.2% · 6,152 of 11,777 electors voted

Gangtok-(bl) bye-election 2019-10-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Yong Tshering LepchaBJP2,508
40.88%
2Delay Namgyal BarfungpaSikkim National People’s Party1,498
24.42%
3Rinzing Ongmu BhutiaSDF874
14.25%
4Bhaichung BhutiaHMSKP579
9.44%
5Karma Yenten ChankapaIndependent455
7.42%
6Song Tshering LepchaSRPP119
1.94%
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—NOTANOTA102
1.66%

Gangtok-(bl) result 2019

Gangtok-(bl) 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kunga Nima LepchaSKM3,838
51.68%
2Pintso ChopelSDF2,950
39.72%
3Yong Tshering LepchaBJP392
5.28%
4Delay Namgyal BarfungpaIndependent97
1.31%
5Bhaichung BhutiaHMSKP70
0.94%
6Phurba SherpaIndependent42
0.57%
Show 1 more candidate
—NOTANOTA38
0.51%

Gangtok-(bl) result 2014

Gangtok-(bl) 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pintso ChopelSKM4,208
61.28%
2Hishey LachungpaSDF2,317
33.74%
3Norden Gyalpo DorjiBJP171
2.49%
4Tshering Gyatso KaleonINC72
1.05%
—NOTANOTA62
0.90%
5Tshering Wangchuk LepchaTMC37
0.54%

Gangtok-(bl) result 2009

Gangtok-(bl) 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dorjee Namgyal BhutiaSDF3,506
61.18%
2Tshering Gyatso KaleonINC1,928
33.64%
3Delay Namgyal BarfungpaIndependent150
2.62%
4Uttam LepchaSHRP123
2.15%
5Mingma Topden SherpaSGPP24
0.42%
Map

Gangtok-(bl) outlined in orange among the other Sikkim seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in East district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

SKMSDFBJPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Gangtok-(bl) is one of the assembly segments of Sikkim. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sikkim candidates.

  • Indra Hang SubbaSKM3,252 43.5%
  • Dinesh Chandra NepalBJP1,362 18.2%
  • Prem Das RaiSDF1,337 17.9%
  • Bharat BasnettCAPS1,165 15.6%
  • Laten Tshering SherpaIndependent114 1.5%

In the assembly election SKM won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SKM led here by 1,890 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Gangtok-(bl).

Who won the Gangtok-(bl) assembly seat in 2024?

Delay Namgyal Barfungpa of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won Gangtok-(bl) in the 2024 Sikkim assembly election with 4,440 votes, which was 57.44% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Gangtok-(bl)?

The margin was 2,692 votes (34.83% of valid votes). The runner-up was Pintso Chopel Lepcha of the Sikkim Democratic Front with 1,748 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Gangtok-(bl) in 2024?

Turnout was 65.43%: 7,774 of 11,881 registered electors voted, across 12 polling stations. That is 1.0 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Gangtok-(bl) part of?

Gangtok-(bl) is an assembly segment of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency in Sikkim. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Indra Hang Subba got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Gangtok-(bl) had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, Yong Tshering Lepcha (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 1,010 votes.

Is Gangtok-(bl) a reserved constituency?

No. Gangtok-(bl) is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Gangtok-(bl)?

The Sikkim assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Sikkim assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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