Melli Assembly constituency

Melli Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim a north east state of India. Melli is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4][5]

Melli
Constituency No. 12 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Namchi
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	1979
Total electors	15,479[1] [needs update]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nar Bahadur Pradhan
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Mohan Prasad Sharma		Sikkim Janata Parishad
1985	Dilliram Basnet		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989
1994	Girish Chandra Rai		Sikkim Democratic Front
1999
2004
2009	Tulshi Devi Rai		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014
2019	Farwanti Tamang
2024	Nar Bahadur Pradhan		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Nar Bahadur Pradhan	7,904	57.96%	14.56
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Ganesh Kumar Rai	3,621	26.55%	New
	SDF	Nirmal Kumar Pradhan	1,321	9.69%	40.56
	BJP	Yogen Rai	582	4.27%	1.25
	Independent	Rupen Karki	109	0.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	99	0.73%	0.59
Margin of victory			4,283	31.41%	24.57
Turnout			13,636	85.07%	3.38
Registered electors			16,029		3.55
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	7.72

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Farwanti Tamang	6,354	50.25%	17.07
	SKM	Tilak Basnet	5,489	43.41%	13.46
	BJP	Bhola Chawhan	382	3.02%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	166	1.31%	0.25
	INC	Hari Basnett	121	0.96%	0.20
	SRP	Bal Bir Tamang	70	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			865	6.84%	30.53
Turnout			12,645	81.69%	2.88
Registered electors			15,479		15.13
	SDF hold		Swing	17.07

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tulshi Devi Rai	7,655	67.32%	0.16
	SKM	Prem Bahadur Karki	3,406	29.95%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	178	1.57%	New
	INC	Man Bahadur Rai	132	1.16%	25.09
Margin of victory			4,249	37.37%	3.85
Turnout			11,371	84.57%	0.74
Registered electors			13,445		20.58
	SDF hold		Swing	0.16

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tulshi Devi Rai	6,307	67.48%	New
	INC	Dil Kri. Chhetri	2,454	26.25%	New
	BJP	Bhola Chawhan	148	1.58%	New
	CPI(M)	Bhagirath Bhandari	130	1.39%	New
	Independent	Shiva Das Rai	119	1.27%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Phulchand Rai	84	0.90%	New
	NCP	Jashram Rai	68	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			3,853	41.22%
Turnout			9,347	83.83%	83.83
Registered electors			11,150
	SDF hold		Swing

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Girish Chandra Rai	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,609
	SDF hold		Swing

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Girish Chandra Rai	4,059	58.81%	6.18
	SSP	G. S. Lama	2,800	40.57%	4.11
	INC	Hari Basnet	43	0.62%	8.84
Margin of victory			1,259	18.24%	2.07
Turnout			6,902	84.08%	0.39
Registered electors			8,361		17.43
	SDF hold		Swing

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Girish Chandra Rai	3,108	52.63%	New
	SSP	Manita Pradhan	2,153	36.46%	39.23
	INC	Deo Narayan Pradhan	559	9.47%	New
	Independent	Chandra Basnet	47	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			955	16.17%	45.56
Turnout			5,905	85.13%	12.77
Registered electors			7,120		11.22
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	23.06

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Dilliram Basnet	3,400	75.69%	4.88
	Independent	Girish Chandra Rai	627	13.96%	New
	RIS	Man Bahadur Tamang	287	6.39%	New
	Independent	Bishnu Kumar Rai	178	3.96%	New
Margin of victory			2,773	61.73%	14.35
Turnout			4,492	72.57%	1.97
Registered electors			6,402		25.68
	SSP hold		Swing	4.88

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Dilliram Basnet	2,460	70.81%	New
	INC	Grish Chandra Rai	814	23.43%	19.05
	Independent	Chandra Khaling	189	5.44%	New
Margin of victory			1,646	47.38%	41.71
Turnout			3,474	69.67%	5.11
Registered electors			5,094		50.09
	SSP gain from SJP		Swing

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Melli^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJP	Mohan Prasad Sharma	669	26.89%	New
	Independent	Sailesh Chandra Pradhan	528	21.22%	New
	SPC	Lal Das Rai	295	11.86%	New
	JP	D. B. Basnet	263	10.57%	New
	Independent	Deo Narayan Pradhan	221	8.88%	New
	Independent	Bhim Bahadur Gurung	201	8.08%	New
	SC (R)	Nanda Bahadur Rai	163	6.55%	New
	INC	Chabilall Rai	109	4.38%	New
	Independent	Krishna Kumar Dulal	21	0.84%	New
	Independent	Kali Prasad Rai	18	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			141	5.67%
Turnout			2,488	77.20%
Registered electors			3,394
	SJP win (new seat)

See also

• Melli
• Namchi district
• List of constituencies of Sikkim Legislative Assembly