Rhenock Assembly constituency

Rhenock is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India.^[1] It is part of Pakyong district.^[2]

Rhenock
Constituency No. 19 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Pakyong
Lok Sabha constituency	Sikkim
Established	1979
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prem Singh Tamang
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

It is composed of the following Revenue Blocks: Sajong of Gangtok Sub-Division; Pachak, Kamarey Bhasmey, East Pendam, Dikling, Amba, Tshalumthang, Pacheykhani(Dikling), Losing, Pacheykhani(Losing), Taza, Tarpin and Rhenock in Pakyong Sub-Division.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Kharananda Upreti		Sikkim Congress
1985			Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989
1994
1999	Nar Bahadur Bhandari
2004	Bhim Prasad Dhungel		Sikkim Democratic Front
2009
2014	Hemendra Adhikari		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2019	Bishnu Kumar Sharma
2024	Prem Singh Tamang

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Prem Singh Tamang	10,094	64.54%	8.10
	SDF	Somnath Poudyal	3,050	19.50%	15.27
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim[5]	Tikaram Sharma	1171	7.49	New
	BJP	Prem Chhetri	852	5.45%	0.99
	SRP	Laxmi Sharma	170	1.09%	0.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	162	1.04%	0.04
	INC	Kapil Prasad Sapkota	140	0.90%	0.45
Margin of victory			7,044	21.67%	14.22
Turnout			15,639
Registered electors
	SKM hold		Swing	8.10

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Bishnu Kumar Sharma	8,039	56.44%	6.39
	SDF	Hemendra Adhikari	4,953	34.77%	7.83
	BJP	Bharat Kumar Sharma	649	4.56%	New
	INC	Deo Kr Pradhan	192	1.35%	0.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	142	1.00%	0.09
	SRP	Chakrapani Sharma	122	0.86%	New
	HSP	Biraj Adhikari	85	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			3,086	21.67%	14.22
Turnout			14,244	81.88%	2.59
Registered electors			17,396		14.64
	SKM hold		Swing	6.39

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Hemendra Adhikari	6,415	50.05%	New
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dhungel	5,461	42.60%	11.12
	Independent	Tilak Kumar Pradhan	474	3.70%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	139	1.08%	New
	INC	Padam Bahadur Chettri	138	1.08%	38.83
	Independent	Om Prakash Bhandari	99	0.77%	New
	AITC	Nawraj Chettri	92	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			954	7.44%	6.37
Turnout			12,818	84.47%	0.50
Registered electors			15,175		23.44
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	3.67

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dhungel	5,611	53.72%	21.73
	INC	Kedar Nath Sharma	4,168	39.90%	17.92
	Independent	Biraj Adhikari	226	2.16%	New
	SHRP	Rudra Khatiwara	130	1.24%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Bedan Kumar Chettri	119	1.14%	New
	CPI(M)	Udaya Chandra Ghimiray	101	0.97%	New
	Independent	Atri Ram Chandra Poudyal	90	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			1,443	13.82%	39.65
Turnout			10,445	84.97%	4.00
Registered electors			12,293
	SDF hold		Swing	21.73

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dhungel	4,647	75.45%	32.59
	INC	Kharananda Upreti	1,354	21.98%	21.37
	BJP	Shanti Chhetri	158	2.57%	New
Margin of victory			3,293	53.47%	40.35
Turnout			6,159	80.96%	1.67
Registered electors			7,607
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	3,364	55.97%	9.45
	SDF	Bedu Singh Panth	2,576	42.86%	10.10
	INC	Padam Dhakal	37	0.62%	13.52
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Pradhan	33	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			788	13.11%	0.65
Turnout			6,010	81.04%	2.48
Registered electors			7,579		23.44
	SSP hold		Swing	9.45

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Kharananda Upreti	2,336	46.52%	13.74
	SDF	Biraj Adhikari	1,645	32.76%	New
	INC	Bhawani Prasad Dahal	710	14.14%	19.24
	RSP	Santosh Kumar Pradhan	297	5.92%	New
	Independent	Arjun Kumar Chettri	33	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			691	13.76%	13.13
Turnout			5,021	83.79%	6.70
Registered electors			6,140		21.06
	SSP hold		Swing	13.74

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Kharananda Upreti	2,295	60.27%	0.53
	INC	Kiran Chettri	1,271	33.38%	9.96
	RIS	Bal Krishna Uprety	226	5.93%	New
Margin of victory			1,024	26.89%	9.44
Turnout			3,808	78.55%	8.92
Registered electors			5,072		10.81
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	K. N. Upretti	1,809	59.74%	New
	INC	B. P. Dahal	709	23.41%	7.31
	Independent	K. N. Adhikari	231	7.63%	New
	Independent	Udai Chandra Vasistha	163	5.38%	New
	JP	Kamala Subba	90	2.97%	13.40
	CPI	B. B. Mishra	19	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,100	36.33%	29.65
Turnout			3,028	67.58%	1.86
Registered electors			4,577		42.41
	SSP gain from SC (R)		Swing	36.69

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rhenock^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SC (R)	Kharananda Upreti	504	23.06%	New
	JP	Bhuwani Prasad Dahal	358	16.38%	New
	INC	Sunder Kumar Newar	352	16.10%	New
	SJP	Krishna Bahadur	313	14.32%	New
	SPC	Kewal Prasad Sharma	303	13.86%	New
	Independent	Prem Bahadur Chhetri	212	9.70%	New
	CPI(M)	Ganga Ram Rai	56	2.56%	New
	Independent	Nanda Lall Dulal	48	2.20%	New
	Independent	Rudra Mani Basnet	24	1.10%	New
	Independent	Laxman Bhujel	16	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			146	6.68%
Turnout			2,186	70.54%
Registered electors			3,214
	SC (R) win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
• Pakyong district