Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1999

Damthang

Assembly constituency 13 (GEN) · Sikkim

State boardSikkim 1999

[01]Result · 1999

#13 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors8,425

Votes polled6,937

Turnout82.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerPawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Democratic Front4,95272.3% of votes

MARGIN3,086 votes · 44.5 pp4,952 − 1,866

Runner-upKamal Kumar Rai Sikkim Sangram Parishad1,86627.2% of votes

SDF 72.6% of top-two votesSIKKIM 27.4%

All candidates 3

01 Pawan Kumar ChamlingSDF4,952 72.3%
02 Kamal Kumar RaiSIKKIM1,866 27.2%
03 Hom Nath RaiINC35 0.5%

Turnout 82.3%

Male 4,26650.6% Female 4,15949.4%

Share of 8,425 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males975
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 32 seats, 199983.0%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 6,853Residual 84

Seat history 2019–1979

2019
10.3 pp
Sanjeet KharelSikkim Krantikari Morcha
2014
10.5 pp
Tilu GurungSikkim Democratic Front
2009
35.3 pp
Tilu GurungSikkim Democratic Front
2004
Margin not recorded
Pawan ChamlingSikkim Democratic Front
1999
44.5 pp
Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Democratic Front
1994
43.1 pp
Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Democratic Front
1989
87.0 pp
Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Sangram Parishad
1985
55.7 pp
Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Sangram Parishad
1979
1.5 pp
Pradeep YanzoneSikkim Congress (R)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 87.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 98.3% of votes; the other 1 candidate 0.5% between them.
(4,952 + 1,866) ÷ 6,937 = 98.3% · 35 ÷ 6,937 = 0.5%
Turnout of 82.3% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (83.0%).
82.3 − 83.0 = −0.7
The margin widened from 43.1 pp in 1994 to 44.5 pp.
44.5 − 43.1 = +1.4 pp
Pawan Kumar Chamling also won in 1994.
1994 winner name = 1999 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines6,853
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled6,937
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 84

Candidate votes miss the published total by 84, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1999 · Sikkim · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 32 seats on the Sikkim Vidhan Sabha 1999 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database