Ralong Assembly constituency

Ralong Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Sikkim.

Ralong
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008[1]
Total electors	6,395

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Chamla Tshering		Sikkim Congress
1985	Sonam Gyatso		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	Sonam Gyatso Kaleon
1994	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia		Sikkim Democratic Front
1999
2004

Election results

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia	4,131	77.32%	23.01
	INC	Chozang Bhutia	1,212	22.68%	18.68
Margin of victory			2,919	54.63%	26.57
Turnout			5,343	83.55%	0.21
Registered electors			6,395		8.37
	SDF hold		Swing	23.01

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia	2,671	54.31%	8.58
	SSP	Ugen Tashi Bhutia	1,291	26.25%	0.52
	Independent	Chewang Sherpa	759	15.43%	New
	INC	Sonam Tshering Bhutia	197	4.01%	19.84
Margin of victory			1,380	28.06%	8.06
Turnout			4,918	85.66%	0.89
Registered electors			5,901		12.68
	SDF hold		Swing	8.58

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia	2,017	45.73%	New
	SSP	Ugen Tashi Bhutia	1,135	25.73%	64.01
	INC	Sonam Gyatso Kaleon	1,052	23.85%	14.85
	Independent	Dawa Tempa Sherpa	183	4.15%	New
	Independent	Taktuk Bhutia	24	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			882	20.00%	60.75
Turnout			4,411	85.93%	17.50
Registered electors			5,237
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	44.01

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sonam Gyatso Kaleon	2,903	89.74%	22.32
	INC	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia	291	9.00%	13.89
	RIS	Passang Sherpa	41	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			2,612	80.74%	36.20
Turnout			3,235	68.58%	0.89
Registered electors			4,848
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sonam Gyatso	1,697	67.42%	New
	INC	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Khangsharpa	576	22.88%	21.38
	Independent	Dawa Tshering Bhutia	97	3.85%	New
	Independent	Tashi Lhendup Bhatia	67	2.66%	New
	JP	Ninda Bhutia	42	1.67%	16.61
	SPC	Pema Wangchuk Bhutia	28	1.11%	7.43
Margin of victory			1,121	44.54%	40.51
Turnout			2,517	67.85%	0.11
Registered electors			3,823		51.11
	SSP gain from SC (R)		Swing	41.08

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Ralong^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SC (R)	Chamla Tshering	438	26.34%	New
	Independent	Sonam Pintso Takapa	371	22.31%	New
	SJP	Tashi Wangdi Bhutia	336	20.20%	New
	JP	Karma Bhutia	304	18.28%	New
	SPC	Norbu Tshering Bhutia	142	8.54%	New
	Independent	Passang Tshering Bhutia	39	2.35%	New
	INC	Ugen Tashi Bhutia	25	1.50%	New
Margin of victory			67	4.03%
Turnout			1,663	69.29%
Registered electors			2,530
	SC (R) win (new seat)