Gangtok Assembly constituency

Gangtok Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim a north east state of India. Gangtok is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3][4] This constituency has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST: Bhutia, Lepcha and Sherpa) since 2009.

Gangtok
Constituency No. 27 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Gangtok
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	1979
Reservation	BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Delay Namgyal Barfungpa
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Lal Bahadur Basnet		Sikkim Janata Parishad
1985	Balchand Sarda		Independent politician
1989	Manita Pradhan		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1994	Narendra Kumar Pradhan
1999
2004			Sikkim Democratic Front
2009	Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia
2014	Pintso Chopel		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Kunga Nima Lepcha
2019 by-election	Yong Tshering Lepcha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Electoral results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa	4,440	57.44%	New
	SDF	Pintso Chopel Lepcha	1,748	22.61%	8.13
	BJP	Pema Wangyal Rinzing	1,230	15.91%	25.66
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Dawcho Lepcha	206	2.66%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	62	0.80%	0.89
	INC	Snumit Targain	44	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			2,692	34.83%	18.08
Turnout			7,730	65.06%	13.83
Registered electors			11,881		0.88
	SKM gain from BJP		Swing	15.87

Assembly by-election 2019

In the 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, Kunga Nima Lepcha of SKM won in both Shyari and Gangtok constituencies, so he relinquished Gangtok seat.

In the by-election, ruling SKM didn't send their candidate to Gangtok, and supported opposition BJP. Former ruling SDF participated in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as the opposition for the first time in 25 years. Opposition SNPP^[5] and SRP sent their candidates to Gangtok for the first time. Opposition INC boycotted this by-election.

As the result, Yong Tshering Lepcha of BJP defeated his nearest rival Delay Namgyal Barfungpa of SNPP. Rinzing Ongmu Bhutia of SDF fell to the 3rd position.

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly by-election: Gangtok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yong Tshering Lepcha	2,508	41.57%	36.29
	SNPP	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa	1,498	24.83%	New
	SDF	Rinzing Ongmu Bhutia	874	14.49%	25.23
	HSP	Bhaichung Bhutia	579	9.60%	8.65
	Independent	Karma Yenten Chankapa	455	7.54%	New
	SRP	Song Tshering Lepcha	119	1.97%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	102	1.69%	1.18
Margin of victory			1,010	16.74%	4.78
Turnout			6,033	51.23%	12.53
Registered electors			11,777		1.10
	BJP gain from SKM		Swing	10.10

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Kunga Nima Lepcha	3,838	51.68%	9.60
	SDF	Pintso Chopel	2,950	39.72%	5.98
	BJP	Yong Tshering Lepcha	392	5.28%	2.79
	Independent	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa	97	1.31%	New
	HSP	Bhaichung Bhutia	70	0.94%	New
	Independent	Phurba Sherpa	42	0.57%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	38	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			888	11.96%	15.58
Turnout			7,427	63.76%	4.42
Registered electors			11,649		15.65
	SKM hold		Swing	9.60

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Pintso Chopel	4,208	61.28%	New
	SDF	Hishey Lachungpa	2,317	33.74%	27.43
	BJP	Norden Gyalpo Dorji	171	2.49%	New
	INC	Tshering Gyatso Kaleon	72	1.05%	32.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	62	0.90%	New
	AITC	Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha	37	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,891	27.54%	0.00
Turnout			6,867	68.17%	2.21
Registered electors			10,073
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	0.10

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia	3,506	61.18%	5.51
	INC	Tshering Gyatso Kaleon	1,928	33.64%	1.94
	Independent	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa	150	2.62%	New
	SHRP	Uttam Lepcha	123	2.15%	1.54
Margin of victory			1,578	27.53%	7.46
Turnout			5,731	70.38%	7.88
Registered electors			8,143
	SDF hold		Swing	5.51

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	5,952	66.69%	23.17
	INC	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	2,829	31.70%	25.48
	SSP	Devi Pd. Dahal	90	1.01%	47.88
	SHRP	Bhim Chettri	54	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			3,123	34.99%	29.62
Turnout			8,925	62.50%	3.74
Registered electors			14,280		7.34
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	17.80

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	4,308	48.89%	9.33
	SDF	K. B. Gurung	3,835	43.52%	25.81
	INC	Anand Lama	548	6.22%	23.04
	CPI(M)	Bhumerlall Sirohia	86	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			473	5.37%	4.92
Turnout			8,812	67.82%	4.78
Registered electors			13,303		33.56
	SSP hold		Swing	9.33

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	2,798	39.55%	16.85
	INC	Dilli Pd. Dhungel	2,070	29.26%	11.93
	SDF	Sher Bahadur Subedi	1,253	17.71%	New
	Independent	Balchand	617	8.72%	New
	Independent	Penzo D. Namgyal	60	0.85%	New
	Independent	Krishna S. Basneti	55	0.78%	New
	Independent	Gokul Singh Cintury	52	0.74%	New
	BJP	Kiran Chhetri	46	0.65%	New
	Independent	Pren Prakash Goyal	42	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			728	10.29%	4.92
Turnout			7,074	72.54%	4.55
Registered electors			9,960		9.34
	SSP hold		Swing	16.85

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Manita Pradhan	3,415	56.40%	18.84
	INC	Dilli Prasad Dhungel	2,494	41.19%	31.12
	RIS	Lal Bahadur Basnet	129	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			921	15.21%	9.60
Turnout			6,055	68.31%	16.52
Registered electors			9,109		2.27
	SSP gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Balchand Sarda	2,010	43.17%	New
	SSP	Dil Kumari Bhandari	1,749	37.56%	New
	INC	M.K.Chetri	469	10.07%	New
	Independent	Sonam Gyatso Trateng	208	4.47%	New
	Independent	Passang Obed Pazo	72	1.55%	New
	Independent	James Basnet	39	0.84%	New
	Independent	Kiran Chetri	38	0.82%	New
	SPC	Kalawati Subba	27	0.58%	5.89
	JP	Chyangha Tamang	25	0.54%	26.21
Margin of victory			261	5.61%	6.54
Turnout			4,656	50.71%	5.55
Registered electors			9,321		17.87
	Independent gain from SJP		Swing	4.28

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Gangtok^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJP	Lal Bahadur Basnet	1,707	38.89%	New
	JP	Dorjee Dadul	1,174	26.75%	New
	Independent	D. P. Bhawanipuri	420	9.57%	New
	Independent	Kharka Bahadur Chhetri	321	7.31%	New
	SPC	Kaiser Bahadur Thapa	284	6.47%	New
	Independent	Ganesan	107	2.44%	New
	SC (R)	Jagat Bandhu Pradhan	89	2.03%	New
	Independent	Ram Chandra Verma	77	1.75%	New
	Independent	Bimal Kumar Rasaily	59	1.34%	New
	Independent	K. B. Pradhan	46	1.05%	New
	Independent	Gauri Shanker Bansal	24	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			533	12.14%
Turnout			4,389	56.74%
Registered electors			7,908
	SJP win (new seat)

See also

• Gangtok
• Gangtok district
• List of constituencies of Sikkim Legislative Assembly