2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
10 May 2004
All 32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Constituencies of Sikkim
Chief Minister before election; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF	Elected Chief Minister ; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF

The 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election took place on 10 May 2004 for 32 members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and result declared on 13 May 2004. Sikkim Democratic Front, a regional political party, won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in this election, with the only other seat going to the Indian National Congress.^[1]

Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	16 April 2004
Last Date for filing Nominations	23 April 2004
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2004
Date of poll	10 May 2004
Date of counting	13 May 2004

Parties Contested

No.	Party	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling	32
2.	Indian National Congress	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	28
3.	Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad		9
4.	Bharatiya Janata Party	A. B. Vajpayee	4
5.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Harkishan Singh Surjeet	1
6.	Sikkim Sangram Parishad		1
7.	Independents	collective leadership	16

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Democratic Front	139,662	71.09	31	12
	Indian National Congress	51,329	26.13	1	1
	Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad	1,123	0.57	0	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	667	0.34	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	144	0.07	0	0
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	90	0.05	0	7
	Independents	3,450	1.76	0	1
Total		196,465	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		196,465	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		781	0.40
Total votes		197,246	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		281,937	69.96
Source: CEO Sikkim

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[2]^[1]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Yoksam	80.66%	Kalawati Subba		SDF	3,947	60.9%	Mangal Bir Subba		INC	2,427	37.45%	1,520
2	Tashiding	84.4%	Dawa Narbu Takarpa		SDF	3,509	65.32%	Sonam Dadul Kazi		INC	1,778	33.1%	1,731
3	Geyzing	78.96%	Sher Bahadur Subedi		SDF	4,227	62.44%	Dal Bahadur Gurung		INC	2,410	35.6%	1,817
4	Dentam	84.97%	Deepak Kumar Gurung		SDF	4,158	65.42%	Sher Hang Subba		INC	2,093	32.93%	2,065
5	Barmiok	81.33%	Narendra Kumar Subba		SDF	4,029	71.92%	Puspak Ram Subba		INC	1,479	26.4%	2,550
6	Rinchenpong	81.78%	Dawcho Lepcha		SDF	5,303	81.58%	Pema Kinzang Bhutia		INC	1,061	16.32%	4,242
7	Chakung	84.15%	Prem Singh Tamang		SDF	6,702	94.42%	Satish Mohan Pradhan		INC	201	2.83%	6,501
8	Soreong	81.16%	Ram Bahadur Subba		SDF	5,553	72.65%	Ashok Kumar Subba		INC	1,871	24.48%	3,682
9	Daramdin	79.17%	Ran Bahadur Subba		SDF	6,380	87.13%	Amar Subba		INC	819	11.19%	5,561
10	Jorthang–Nayabazar	77.34%	Kedar Nath Rai		SDF	7,863	81.71%	Purna Kri Rai		INC	1,536	15.96%	6,327
11	Ralong	83.55%	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia		SDF	4,131	77.32%	Chozang Bhutia		INC	1,212	22.68%	2,919
12	Wak	-	Chandra Bahadur Karki		SDF	Elected Unopposed
13	Damthang	-	Pawan Kumar Chamling		SDF	Elected Unopposed
14	Melli	-	Girish Chandra Rai		SDF	Elected Unopposed
15	Rateypani–West Pendam	76.58%	Aita Singh Baraily (Kami)		SDF	6,553	83.46%	Janga Bir Darnal		INC	1,170	14.9%	5,383
16	Temi–Tarku	79.28%	Garjaman Gurung		SDF	6,403	75.62%	Laxmi Prasad Tiwari		INC	1,947	23.%	4,456
17	Central Pendam–East Pendam	79.45%	Somnath Poudyal		SDF	5,620	59.11%	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		INC	2,165	22.77%	3,455
18	Rhenock	80.96%	Bhim Prasad Dhungel		SDF	4,647	75.45%	Kharananda Upreti		INC	1,354	21.98%	3,293
19	Regu	80.5%	Karna Bahadur Chamling		SDF	5,662	84.28%	Arun Kumar Rai		INC	1,056	15.72%	4,606
20	Pathing	82.48%	Mingma Tshering Sherpa		SDF	4,930	67.41%	Tseten Tashi Bhutia		INC	2,275	31.11%	2,655
21	Loosing Pachekhani	81.35%	Manita Thapa		SDF	4,394	71.73%	Bharat Basnett		INC	1,651	26.95%	2,743
22	Khamdong	78.54%	Birkha Man Ramudamu		SDF	6,160	74.59%	Santosh Kumar Bardewa		INC	1,929	23.36%	4,231
23	Djongu	86.7%	Sonam Gyatso Lepcha		SDF	3,344	65.34%	Sonam Chyoda Lepcha		INC	1,774	34.66%	1,570
24	Lachen Mangshila	84.18%	Hishey Lachungpa		SDF	4,906	75.56%	Anil Lachenpa		INC	1,587	24.44%	3,319
25	Kabi Tingda	-	Thenlay Tshering Bhutia		SDF	Elected Unopposed
26	Rakdong Tentek	81.%	Norzong Lepcha		SDF	3,809	61.85%	Phuchung Bhutia		INC	2,116	34.36%	1,693
27	Martam	81.73%	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha		SDF	5,668	74.44%	Sonam Tshering Bhutia		INC	1,946	25.56%	3,722
28	Rumtek	72.58%	Menlom Lepcha		SDF	5,639	56.61%	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa		INC	4,323	43.39%	1,316
29	Assam–Lingjey	79.15%	Kunga Zangpo Bhutia		SDF	4,641	64.77%	Kunga Nima Lepcha		INC	2,415	33.71%	2,226
30	Ranka	74.88%	Nimthit Lepcha		SDF	5,083	60.3%	Pintso Chopel Lepcha		INC	3,230	38.32%	1,853
31	Gangtok	62.5%	Narendra Kumar Pradhan		SDF	5,952	66.69%	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		INC	2,829	31.7%	3,123
32	Sangha	66.99%	Tshering Lama		INC	675	32.33%	Palden Lama		Independent	587	28.11%	88

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[sr-1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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