66.75%- the final voter turnout figure for municipal elections

The final official voter turnout figures released by the State Election Commission for the municipal elections 2015. Overall voter turnout: 66.79%
Gyalshing Municipal Council: 77.01%
Rangpo Nagar Panchayat: 75.49%
Singtam Nagar Panchayat: 74.04%
Jorethang-Nayabazaar Municipal Council: 71.01%
Namchi Muncipal Council: 65.58%
Gangtok Muncipal Corporation: 64.75%

Municipal polls register 71% voter turnout

As per the final data released by the State Election Commission, elections held for the six municipal towns of Sikkim today received an overall voter turnout of 71.18%. Interestingly, Gyalshing Municipal Council, where elections were held only for two wards [five having already gone to SDF uncontested], recorded the highest voter turnout at 77.01%. With this, West Sikkim continues its record of registering the highest voter turnouts in Sikkim. For the Assembly elections 2014, West Sikkim had posted the state’s highest voter turnout at 82.94%.

Nearly 14% voter turnout already by 9am at Rangang-Yangang

NAMCHI, 13 Sept [IPR]: According to the latest data received the mock polls were conducted an hour prior to the polls i.e. at 6 a.m. in the presence of Polling Agent of the Candidate in all the Polling stations at 15 Rangang- Yangang Assembly Constituency. The first mock poll was conducted at 6:17 a.m. in the morning at Nehbrum and the last mock poll was conducted at 6: 40 a.m. at Yangang. 

It has also been reported that the total percentage of voter turnout in the Bye-Election of Rangang-Yangang Assembly Constituency till 9 a.m. is 13.69%.The total number of polling stations in the constituency is 14 whereby the total number of Female voters reported till 9 a.m. is 778 and Male voters is 831.

As per the report there has been no violence recorded at any of the polling stations of Rangang- Yangang so far.

Please find below the details of the Polls:

Sl. No	P S Name	Male	Female	Total
1.	15/1 Satam	56	50	106
2.	15/2 Rabong “A”	56	55	111
3.	15/3  Rabong “B”	53	34	87
4.	15/4 Namphok	41	45	86
5.	15/5 Gagyong	70	73	143
6.	15/6 Rangang-Yangang Tashi Pa	85	72	157
7.	15/7 Yangang	48	68	116
8.	15/8 Sangmo “A”	45	39	84
9.	15/9 Sangmo “B”	50	51	101
10.	15/10 Kolthang	64	49	113
11.	15/11 Mangzing	51	47	98
12.	15/12 Sripatam	80	60	140
13.	15/13 Tokdey	52	53	105
14.	15/14 Nehbrum	80	82	162
		Male Total: 831	Female Total: 778