Rumtek Assembly constituency

Rumtek
Rumtek
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008
Total electors	13,726

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1979	Dadul Bhutia	Sikkim Janata Parishad
1985	Ongay Tob Shutia	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	O. T. Bhutia
1994	Menlom Lepcha
1999	Karma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen	Sikkim Democratic Front
2004	Menlom Lepcha	Sikkim Democratic Front

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Menlom Lepcha	5,639	56.61%	6.38
	INC	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa	4,323	43.39%	41.60
Margin of victory			1,316	13.21%	10.96
Turnout			9,962	72.58%	4.08
Registered electors			13,726		22.17
	SDF hold		Swing	6.38

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Karma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen	4,326	50.23%	20.79
	SSP	O. T. Bhutia	4,132	47.97%	4.10
	INC	Ugen Tshering Lepcha	155	1.80%	20.57
Margin of victory			194	2.25%	12.18
Turnout			8,613	78.03%	1.92
Registered electors			11,235		32.01
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	6.36

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Menlom Lepcha	2,934	43.87%	19.27
	SDF	Karma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen	1,969	29.44%	New
	INC	O. T. Bhutia	1,496	22.37%	5.44
	Independent	Nima Lepcha	207	3.10%	New
	RSP	Uttam Lepcha	48	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			965	14.43%	20.90
Turnout			6,688	80.33%	3.83
Registered electors			8,511
	SSP hold		Swing	19.27

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	O. T. Bhutia	3,126	63.14%	1.70
	INC	Sonam Pintso Wangdi	1,377	27.81%	7.66
	RIS	Phigu Tshering	285	5.76%	New
Margin of victory			1,749	35.33%	5.96
Turnout			4,951	72.29%	16.56
Registered electors			6,623
	SSP hold		Swing

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Ongay Tob Shutia	1,933	61.44%	*New*
	INC	Rinzing Ongmo	634	20.15%	18.63
	Independent	Namayal Tshering Bhutia	414	13.16%	New
	Independent	Namgey Bhutia	120	3.81%	New
	Independent	Kinga Bhutia	27	0.86%	New
	SPC	Phingu Tshering	18	0.57%	24.21
Margin of victory			1,299	41.29%	27.05
Turnout			3,146	58.92%	1.92
Registered electors			5,406		25.25
	SSP gain from SJP		Swing	22.41

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rumtek^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJP	Dadul Bhutia	948	39.03%	*New*
	SPC	Karma Gyampo Bhutia	602	24.78%	New
	JP	Namgyal Tshering Bhutia	405	16.67%	New
	SC (R)	K. Lama Changkapa	336	13.83%	New
	Independent	Dawa Tashi Bhutia	79	3.25%	New
	INC	Tshering Pintso Bhutia	37	1.52%	New
	Independent	Tenzing Bhutia	16	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			346	14.24%
Turnout			2,429	59.06%
Registered electors			4,316
	SJP win (new seat)

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