STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI Election Commission of India – State Elections, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim STATISTICAL REPORT CONTENTS SUBJECT Page No. 1. List of Participating Political Parties and Abbreviations 1 2. Other Abbreviations in the Report 2 3. Highlights 3 4. List of Successful Candidates 4 5. Performance of Political Parties 5 6. Electors Data Summary – Summary on Electors, voters 6 Votes Polled and Polling Stations 7. Woman Candidates 7 8. Constituency Data Summary 8 – 39 9. Detailed Result 40 – 45 Election Commission of India - General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM PROGRAMME OF ELECTIONS S.No. PROGRAMME DATE 1 Date of Issue of Notification 17/10/94 2 Last date for making nominations 24/10/94 3 Date of scrutiny of nominations 25/10/94 4 Last date for withdrawal of candidature 27/10/94 5 Date(s) on which a poll shall be taken, if necessary 16/11/94 6 Date before which the election shall be completed 13/12/94 7 Hours of poll 7.00 AM to 5.00 PM rptProgrammeOfElections - Page 1 of 1 1 Election Commission of India-State Elections, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM LIST OF PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES PARTYTYPE ABBREVIATION PARTY NATIONAL PARTIES 1 . BJP Bharatiya Janata Party 2 . CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 . INC Indian National Congress STATE PARTIES 4 . RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party 5 . SDF Sikkim Democratic Front 6 . SSP Sikkim Sangram Parishad INDEPENDENTS 7 . IND Independent rptListOfParticipatingPoliticalParties - Page 1 of 1 1 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM OTHER ABBREVIATIONS AND DESCRIPTION ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTION FD Forfeited Deposits Gen General Constituency SC Reserved for Scheduled Castes ST Reserved for Scheduled Tribes MMen WWomen TTotal N National Party S State Party U Registered (Unrecognised) Party Z Independent rptOtherAbbreviations - Page 1 of 1 2 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM HIGHLIGHTS 1. NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY GEN SC ST TOTAL NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES 18 2 12 32 2. NO. OF CONTESTANTS NO. OF CONTESTANTS 1423 56-10 11-15 Above15 IN A CONSTITUENCY NO. OF SUCH 00178 151 0 CONSTITUENCIES TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN FRAY : AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY : #Error MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 3 IN 24 - LACHEN MANGSHILA MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 12 IN 31 - GANGTOK 3. ELECTORS MEN WOMEN TOTAL i. NO. OF ELECTORS 114315 103428 217743 ii. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED 95706 82317 178023 iii. POLLING PERCENTAGE 83.72% 79.59% 81.76% 4. NO. OF VALID VOTES : 173457 5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED : 4566 (2.56% of Total Votes Polled) 6. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS : 364 7. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION : 598 8. PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN CANDIDATES VIS-A-VIS MEN CANDIDATES MEN WOMEN TOTAL i. NO. OF CONTESTANTS ii. ELECTED 31 1 32 iii. FORFEITED DEPOSITS 104 5 109 rptHighlights - Page 1 of 1 3 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY WINNERSEX PARTY 1. YOKSAM ASHOK KUMAR SUBBAM IND 2. TASHIDING (ST) THUTOP BHUTIAM SSP 3. GEYZING DAL BAHADUR GURUNGM SDF 4. DENTAM CHAKRA BAHADUR SUBBAM SDF 5. BARMIOK TULSHI PD. PRADHANM SDF 6. RINCHENPONG (ST) PHUR TSH. LEPCHAM SDF 7. CHAKUNG PREM SINGH TAMANGM SDF 8. SOREONG NAR BAHADUR BHANDARIM SSP 9. DARAMDIN RAN BAHADUR SUBBAM SDF 10. JORTHANG-NAYABAZAR BHOJ RAJ RAIM SDF 11. RALONG (ST) DORJEE DAZOM BHUTIAM SDF 12. WAK KEDAR NATH RAIM SDF 13. DAMTHANG PAWAN KUMAR CHAMLINGM SDF 14. MELLI GIRISH CHANDRA RAIM SDF 15. RATEYPANI - WEST PENDAM (SC) AITA SINGH KAMIM SDF 16. TEMI-TARKU GARJAMAN GURUNGM SDF 17. CENTRAL PENDAM-EAST PENDAM DILLI PD. KHARELM SDF 18. RHENOCK KHARA NANDA UPRETIM SSP 19. REGU KARNA BDR. CHAMLINGM SDF 20. PATHING (ST) RAM LEPCHAM SSP 21. LOOSING PACHEKHANI DIL BDR. THAPAM SDF 22. KHAMDONG (SC) GOPAL LAMICHANEYM SDF 23. DJONGU (ST) SONAM GHYODA LEPCHAM INC 24. LACHEN MANGSHILA (ST) HISHEY LACHUNGPAM SDF 25. KABI TINGDA (ST) THENLAY TSERING BHUTIAM SDF 26. RAKDONG TENTEK (ST) MINGMA TSH. SHERPAM SSP 27. MARTAM (ST) DORJEE TSH. LEPCHAM SSP 28. RUMTEK (ST) MENLOM LEPCHAM SSP 29. ASSAM-LINGJEY (ST) TSETEN TASHIM SSP 30. RANKA (ST) RINZING ONGMUF SSP 31. GANGTOK NARENDRA KR. PRADHANM SSP 32. SANGHA NAMKHAGYALTSEN LAMAM INC rptListSuccessfulCandidates - Page 1 of 1 4 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM PERFORMANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES PARTY SEATS VOTES POLLED VOTE % IN SEATS CONTESTEDWON FD VOTES % CONTESTED NATIONAL PARTIES 1. BJP 3 03 274 0.16% 1.37% 2. CPM 2 02 270 0.16% 2.12% 3. INC 31 217 26045 15.02% 15.59% 36 222 26589 15.33% STATE PARTIES 4. RSP 11 010 2906 1.68% 4.54% 5. SDF 32 191 72856 42.00% 42.00% 6. SSP 31 101 60851 35.08% 35.41% 74 2912 136613 78.76% INDEPENDENTS 7. IND 76 175 10255 5.91% 6.09% 76 175 10255 5.91% Grand Total : 186 32109 173457 rptPerformanceofPoliticalParties - Page 1 of 1 5 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM ELECTORS DATA SUMMARY TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY GEN SC ST TOTAL 1. NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES 18 2 12 32 2. ELECTORS a. Men 66578 7998 39739 114315 b. Women 58274 7520 37634 103428 c. Total 124852 15518 77373 217743 3. ELECTORS WHO VOTED a. Men 55022 6975 33709 95706 b. Women 46704 5743 29870 82317 c. Total 101726 12718 63579 178023 4. POLL PERCENTAGE 81.48 81.96 82.17 81.76 5. VALID VOTES 99250 12371 61836 173457 6. REJECTED VOTES a. Votes 2476 347 1743 4566 b. Percentage 2.43 0.00 0.00 2.56 7. MISSING VOTES 00 00 8. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS 222 22 120 364 9. AVERAGE NO. OF 562 705 645 598 ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION rptElectorsDataSummary - Page 1 of 1 6 Election Commission of India - State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM WOMEN CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY Rank CANDIDATE PARTY Votes Polled StatusWinner's Margin Total Votes Valid Votes % Votes 1- YOKSAM 3 KALAWATI SUBBA SDF 1018 18.58 N2231 1213 5480 9- DARAMDIN 3 SUNITA PRADHAN IND 167 2.72 F3832 3665 6151 10- JORTHANG-NAYABAZAR 2 DIL KUMARI BHANDARI SSP 2519 35.73 N4160 1641 7051 3 BUDHA MAYA SUBBA INC 315 4.47 F4160 3845 7051 14- MELLI 2 MANITA PRADHAN SSP 2153 36.46 N3108 955 5905 20- PATHING (ST) 7 CHUNG CHUNG BHUTIA IND 24 0.40 F2625 2601 6048 25- KABI TINGDA (ST) 4 KESANG BHUTIA IND 18 0.45 F1554 1536 3980 30- RANKA (ST) 1 RINZING ONGMU SSP 2200 37.56 W2200 0 5857 31- GANGTOK 12 DHAN MAYA GIRI IND 15 0.21 F2798 2783 7074 N.B. : Candidate Status : W - Winner, F - Forfeited Deposit, N - Not Won and not Forfeited Deposit. Total Women Contestants: 9 Total Elected Women : 1 rptWomenCandidates - Page 1 of 1 7 Election Commission of India, State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM CONSTITUENCY DATA - SUMMARY CONSTITUENCYField7: : 1 - YOKSAM MALE FEMALE TOTAL I. CANDIDATES 1. NOMINATED 2. REJECTED 3. WITHDRAWN 4. CONTESTED 341 5. FORFEITED DEPOSIT 101 II. ELECTORS 1. GENERAL 3677 3191 6868 2. SERVICE 000 3. TOTAL 3677 3191 6868 III. ELECTORS WHO VOTED 1. GENERAL 3034 2604 5638 2. POSTAL 55 0 55 3. TOTAL 3089 2604 5693 IV. VOTES 1. POLLED 5693 ( 82.89% of Total Electors) 2. VALID 5480 3. REJECTED 213 ( 3.74% of Total Votes Polled) 4. MISSING 0 5. TENDERED V. POLLING STATIONS NUMBER :9 AVERAGE ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION : 763 VI. DATES POLLING COUNTING DECLARATION OF RESULT 16-11-1994 VII. RESULT PARTY CANDIDATE VOTES Winner : IND ASHOK KUMAR SUBBA 2231 Runner up : INC SANCHAMAN SUBBA 2086 MARGIN : 145( 2.65% of Total Valid Votes ) rptConstituencySummary - Page 1 of 32 8 Election Commission of India, State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM CONSTITUENCY DATA - SUMMARY CONSTITUENCYField7: : 2 - TASHIDING (ST) MALE FEMALE TOTAL I. CANDIDATES 1. NOMINATED 2. REJECTED 3. WITHDRAWN 4. CONTESTED 770 5. FORFEITED DEPOSIT 505 II. ELECTORS 1. GENERAL 2979 2679 5658 2. SERVICE 000 3. TOTAL 2979 2679 5658 III. ELECTORS WHO VOTED 1. GENERAL 2448 2170 4618 2. POSTAL 24 0 24 3. TOTAL 2472 2170 4642 IV. VOTES 1. POLLED 4642 ( 82.04% of Total Electors) 2. VALID 4562 3. REJECTED 80 ( 1.72% of Total Votes Polled) 4. MISSING 0 5. TENDERED V. POLLING STATIONS NUMBER :11 AVERAGE ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION : 514 VI. DATES POLLING COUNTING DECLARATION OF RESULT 16-11-1994 VII. RESULT PARTY CANDIDATE VOTES Winner : SSP THUTOP BHUTIA 1644 Runner up : SDF RINZING WANGYAL KAZI 1512 MARGIN : 132( 2.89% of Total Valid Votes ) rptConstituencySummary - Page 2 of 32 9 Election Commission of India, State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM CONSTITUENCY DATA - SUMMARY CONSTITUENCYField7: : 3 - GEYZING MALE FEMALE TOTAL I. CANDIDATES 1. NOMINATED 2. REJECTED 3. WITHDRAWN 4. CONTESTED 660 5. FORFEITED DEPOSIT 404 II. ELECTORS 1. GENERAL 3596 3412 7008 2. SERVICE 000 3. TOTAL 3596 3412 7008 III. ELECTORS WHO VOTED 1. GENERAL 2922 2804 5726 2. POSTAL 60 0 60 3. TOTAL 2982 2804 5786 IV. VOTES 1. POLLED 5786 ( 82.56% of Total Electors) 2. VALID 5643 3. REJECTED 143 ( 2.47% of Total Votes Polled) 4. MISSING 0 5. TENDERED V. POLLING STATIONS NUMBER :10 AVERAGE ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION : 701 VI. DATES POLLING COUNTING DECLARATION OF RESULT 16-11-1994 VII. RESULT PARTY CANDIDATE VOTES Winner : SDF DAL BAHADUR GURUNG 2893 Runner up : SSP DAL BAHADUR KARKI 1412 MARGIN : 1481( 26.24% of Total Valid Votes ) rptConstituencySummary - Page 3 of 32 10 Election Commission of India, State Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of SIKKIM CONSTITUENCY DATA - SUMMARY CONSTITUENCYField7: : 4 - DENTAM MALE FEMALE TOTAL I.