Lachen–Mangan Assembly constituency

Lachen-Mangan Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a north east state of India. This constituency falls under Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3]

Lachen-Mangan
Constituency No. 31 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Mangan
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Total electors	7,867[1] [needs update]
Reservation	BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samdup Lepcha
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

This constituency is reserved for members of the Bhutia-Lepcha community.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014
2019	Samdup Lepcha		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2024[4][5]

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Lachen–Mangan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Samdup Lepcha	3,929	55.37%	1.57
	SDF	Hishey Lachungpa	3,078	43.38%	1.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	89	1.25%	0.17
Margin of victory			851	11.99%	3.30
Turnout			7,096	84.44%	0.97
Registered electors			8,404		6.83
	SKM hold		Swing	1.57

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Lachen–Mangan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Samdup Lepcha	3,615	53.80%	9.89
	SDF	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha	3,031	45.11%	8.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	73	1.09%	0.26
Margin of victory			584	8.69%	0.83
Turnout			6,719	85.41%	0.28
Registered electors			7,867		14.45
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	0.37

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Lachen–Mangan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha	3,127	53.43%	0.13
	SKM	Samdup Lepcha	2,570	43.92%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	79	1.35%	New
	INC	Topden Lepcha	76	1.30%	36.73
Margin of victory			557	9.52%	5.75
Turnout			5,852	85.13%	4.34
Registered electors			6,874		20.58
	SDF hold		Swing	0.13

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Lachen–Mangan^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha	2,719	53.30%	New
	INC	Anil Lachenpa	1,940	38.03%	New
	SHRP	Chewang Jigme Lepcha	442	8.66%	New
Margin of victory			779	15.27%
Turnout			5,101	89.48%
Registered electors			5,701
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
• Mangan district