Martam–Rumtek Assembly constituency

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

Martam-Rumtek
Constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Gangtok
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Reservation	BL
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sonam Venchungpa
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Menlom Lepcha		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Mechung Bhutia		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha		Sikkim Democratic Front
2019 by-election	Sonam Venchungpa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024			Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Martam–Rumtek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Sonam Tshering Venchungpa	8,070	54.01%	New
	SDF	Mechung Bhutia	5,308	35.53%	18.93
	BJP	Chewang Dadul Bhutia	705	4.72%	61.57
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Karma Tshering Bhutia	637	4.26%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	132	0.88%	0.36
	INC	Ganga Lepcha	89	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			2,762	18.49%	31.20
Turnout			14,941	83.73%	11.01
Registered electors			17,844		4.84
	SKM gain from BJP		Swing	12.27

Assembly by-election 2019

In 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, Dorjee Tshering Lepcha (D. T. Lepcha) of former ruling SDF won in both Gnathang-Machong and Martam-Rumtek constituencies, so he relinquished Martam-Rumtek seat.

In the by-election, ruling SKM didn't send its candidate to Martam-Rumtek. Meanwhile, former SKM candidate Sonam Tshering Venchungpa moved to opposition BJP, and SKM supported him. In addition, D. T. Lepcha had already moved to BJP in August. Former ruling SDF participated in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as the opposition for the first time in 25 years. Opposition SRP sent its candidate to Martam-Rumtek for the first time. Opposition INC boycotted this by-election.

As the result, Sonam Tshering Venchungpa of BJP defeated his nearest rival Nuk Tshering Bhutia of SDF.

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly by-election: Martam–Rumtek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sonam Venchungpa	8,204	66.28%	60.44
	SDF	Nuk Tshering Bhutia	2,054	16.60%	28.81
	HSP	Nima Lepcha	1,235	9.98%	New
	Independent	Mechung Bhutia	439	3.55%	New
	Independent	Passang Gyali Sherpa	272	2.20%	New
	SRP	Mingma Tshering Sherpa	173	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	154	1.24%	0.39
Margin of victory			6,150	49.69%	49.16
Turnout			12,377	72.72%	8.30
Registered electors			17,020		0.27
	BJP gain from SDF		Swing	20.88

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Martam–Rumtek^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha	6,244	45.40%	0.86
	SKM	Sonam Venchungpa	6,171	44.87%	5.37
	BJP	Jigdal Chewang Bhutia	804	5.85%	New
	HSP	Nima Lepcha	183	1.33%	New
	Independent	Gyaltsen Bhutia	121	0.88%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	118	0.86%	New
	INC	Sonam Tshering Bhutia	112	0.81%	0.70
Margin of victory			73	0.53%	3.44
Turnout			13,753	81.02%	2.04
Registered electors			16,975		16.97
	SDF gain from SKM		Swing	4.84

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Martam–Rumtek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Mechung Bhutia	6,055	50.24%	New
	SDF	Menlom Lepcha	5,576	46.26%	17.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	239	1.98%	New
	INC	Sonam Tshering Bhutia	183	1.52%	28.81
Margin of victory			479	3.97%	29.74
Turnout			12,053	83.06%	2.24
Registered electors			14,512
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	13.81

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Martam–Rumtek^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Menlom Lepcha	6,392	64.04%	New
	INC	Rinzing Namgyal	3,027	30.33%	New
	BJP	Nima Lepcha	336	3.37%	New
	Independent	Sonam Tashi Bhutia	117	1.17%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Bindu Lepcha	68	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			3,365	33.71%
Turnout			9,981	85.29%
Registered electors			11,702
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

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