Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Final candidates lists.

Election2014
The withdrawal process over, this is how Election 2014 is set-up for Sikkim. The State will see simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. There are 119 candidates in the fray for the Assembly elections and the lone Lok Sabha seat has attracted 6 candidates. Below is presented the final list and also included are results of the 2009 elections with the winning candidates and their vote-share included in brackets. SDF had swept 2009 32/32 and bagged the Lok Sabha seat as well…
Constituency
No. of Voters
Winner & Winning vote-share in 2009
The Candidates for 2014
SDF
SKM
Cong
The Rest
Yoksam-Tashiding (BL)
 11,522
M: 6034
F: 5,488
Dawcho Lepcha
 71.75%
Sonam Dadul Bhutia
Thutop  Bhutia
Pema Rinzing Bhutia
Voter turnout was 81.79% in Elections 2009
Yangthang
 10,986
M: 5,580
F: 5,406
PL Subba
73.19%
Chandra Maya Limboo
Karna Bahadur Subba
Lal Man Subba
Ashish Gurung [BJP]
Maneybung-Dentam
 12,410
M: 6,380
F: 6,030
Chandra Maya Subba
 71.99%
Narendra Kr Subba
Birbal Subba  
Manmaya Subba
Keshar Man Gurung [BJP]
Gyalsing-Bernyak
 10,447
M: 5,456
F: 4,991
MB Subba
 68.13%
Sher Bahadur Subedi
Lok Nath Sharma
D.B. Karki
1. Man Dhoj Thapa [BJP]
2. Hari Prasad Chapagain [TMC]
Rinchenpong (BL)
 12,500
M: 6,555
F: 5,945
DN Takarpa
72.69%
Karma Sonam Lepcha
Pema Kinzang Bhutia 
Karsang Sherpa
Laten Sherpa [BJP]
Daramdin (BL)
 13,420
M: 6,828
F: 6,592
Tenzi Sherpa
 68.97%
Da Norbu Sherpa
M.N. Sharpa
Laden Lepcha
In 2009, there were 167 candidates in the fray
for 32 seats
Soreong-Chakung
 13,897
M: 7,086
F: 6,811
Ran Bdr Subba
 66.50%
Ram Bahadur Subba
Bharati Sharma
Pushkar Limboo
Sher Bahadur  Karki [BJP]
Salghari-Zoom (SC)
 9,635
M: 5,057
F: 4,578
Madan Cintury
 65.14%
Arjun Kumar Ghatani
Bhanu Pratap Rasailly 
K.B. Thatal
Voter turnout was higher among women in 2009
when 82.81% of them
voted compared to  80.87% of the male voters.
Barfung (BL)
 12,268
M: 6,361
F: 5,907
Sonam G. Bhutia
 70.35%
Dorjee Dazom Bhutia
Pema Wangyal Bhutia
Dadul Lepcha
Poklok-Kamrang
 13,459
M: 6,897
F: 6,562
Pawan Chamling
 80.68%
Kedar Nath   Rai
Bhoj Raj Rai
Ishwar Prasad Rai
There were 167 contestants in the fray in 2009, 106 of whom forfeited their deposits when they received less than even 1/6th of the valid votes polled!  
Namchi-Singhithang
 10,813
M: 5,358
F: 5,455
Pawan Chamling
 80.97%
Pawan Chamling
Milan Rai
Kush Bahadur Rai
Melli
 13,363
M: 6,753
F: 6,610
Tulshi D Rai
 67.48%
Tulshi Devi    Rai
Prem Karki
Man Bahadur Rai
In 2009 there were 3,00,584 voters in Sikkim
Namthang-Rateypani
 13,178
M: 6,639
F: 6,539
Tilu Gurung
 65.76%
Tilu Gurung
Prem Singh Tamang
Dikmaya Chettri
Yashoda Barakoti [TMC]
Temi-Namphing
 12,177
M: 6,179
F: 5,998
BS Panth
 52.14%
Garjaman Gurung
Lalit Sharma
Deepak Kumar Bhandari
In 2009, SDF secured 67.52% of the votes in the Assembly elections. Congress came second, cornering 28.31% votes.
Rangang-Yangang
 11,747
M: 6,088
F: 5,659
CB Karki
 68.24%
Pawan Chamling
Bikash Basnet
Om Prakash Bista
Tumen-Lingi (BL)
 13,574
M: 6,903
F: 6,671
Ugen T.G. Bhutia
 55.33%
Ugen T. Gyatso Bhutia
Nedup Tshering Lepcha
Pandup Lepcha
Prem Tshering Lepcha [TMC]
Khamdong-Singtam
 11,414
M: 5,954
F: 5,460
Am Prasad Sharma
 56.37%
Somnath Poudyal
Dr. MK Sharma
Punya Prasad Koirala
Madan Kumar Sharma [BJP]
West-Pendam (SC)
 12,377
M: 6,476
F: 5,901
Neeru Sewa
 53.53%
Kamal Kumar Thatal
Gopal Baraily
Ranjeet Gajmer
1. Amar Lohar [BJP]
2. Mohan Lall Thatal [TMC]
Rhenock
 15,153
M: 7,797
F: 7,356
Bhim Dhungel
 53.72%
Bhim Dhungel
Hemendra   Adhikari
Padam Bahadur Chettri
1. Nawraj Chettri [TMC]
2. Om Prakash Bhandari [Indp]
3. Tilak Kumar Pradhan [Indp]
Chujachen
 15,402
M: 7,819
F: 7,583
Puran Kr Gurung
 74.35%
Bikram  Pradhan
K.B.Gurung
Rudra Narshingh Sakya
Gajendra Rizal [BJP]
Gnathang-Machong (BL)
 10,052
M: 5,103
F: 4,949
LM Lepcha
 58.59%
Dorjee T. Lepcha
Sonam Dorjee Bhutia
Dorjee Wangdi Bhutia
Pempa Tshering Bhutia [Indp]
Namcheybung
 12,882
M: 6,561
F: 6,321
BB Rai
 63.37%
Bek Bahadur Rai
Dilip Rai
Manoj Rai
Tashi Rai [BJP]
Shyari (BL)
 12,581
M: 6,416
F: 6,165
KT Gyaltsen
 63.15%
Karma Tempo N. Gyaltsen
Kunga Nima Lepcha
Samdup Dorjee Lama
Coming a distant third in 2009 Assembly elections was SHRP with 3.54% of the vote-share in the 20 seats it contested.
Martam-Rumtek (BL)
 14,488
M: 7,283
F: 7,205
Menlom Lepcha
 64.04%
Menlom Lepcha
Dr. Michung Bhutia
Sonam Tshering Bhutia
Upper Tadong
 8,930
M: 4,454
F: 4,476
DB Thapa
 56%
Bhaskar Basnet
Timothy William Basnet
Tara Shrestha
Elle Rai Pal [BJP]
Arithang
 9,477
M: 5,014
F: 4,463
NK Pradhan
 60.95%
Udai Lama
Shyam Sundar Pradhan
Gyalpo Tamang
1. Rajaney Gurung [Indp]
2. Sherap Dorjee [Indp]
Gangtok (BL)
 10,051
M: 5,319
F: 4,732
Dorjee N. Bhutia
 61.18%
Hissey Lachungpa
Pintsho Chopel Lepcha
Maj. Tshering Gyatso Bhutia
NG Dorji [BJP]
Upper Burtuk
 12,764
M: 6,479
F: 6,285
PS Tamang
 78.63%
Dilli Ram Thapa
Prem Singh Tamang
Santabir Gurung
Ugen Tamang [BJP]
Kabi Lungchuk (BL)
 11,046
M: 5,404
F: 5,642
TT Bhutia
 64.46%
Thenlay T. Bhutia
Ugen Nedup  Bhutia
Karma Tashi  Bhutia
In 2009, CPM was the worst performing political party failing to get even 1% of the votes in the three Assembly constituencies it fielded candidates from. It got a collective 272 votes [0.94%] from 3 constituencies.
Dzongu (BL)
 8,162
M: 3,972
F: 4,190
SG Lepcha
 79.97%
Sonam Gyatso Lepcha
Dawa Lepcha
Penzong Lepcha
Lachen Mangan (BL)
 6,868
M: 3,307
F: 3,561
TW Lepcha
 53.30%
TW Lepcha
Sandup Lepcha
Topden Lepcha
Sangha
 2,904
M: 2,858
F: 46
Pheetok T Bhutia
 49.49%
Palden Lachungpa
Sonam Lama Kalyen
Acharya Tshering Lepcha
The Sangha is the only constituency in which the number of voters has come down since 2009 when it had 3,058 electors.
LOK SABHA
 3,69,947
M: 1,90,370
F: 1,79,577
Prem Das Rai
 63.29%
Prem Das Rai
TN Dhakal
Dr. AD Subba
1. NB Khatiwada [BJP]
2. Kushal Rai [AAP]
3. Nakul Das Rai [TMC]


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