Central Pendam–East Pendam Assembly constituency

Central Pendam–East Pendam
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008[1]
Total electors	11,966

Central Pendam–East Pendam Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Sikkim.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Bhuwani Prasad Kharel		Sikkim Congress
1985	Sukumar Pradhan		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989
1994	Dilli Prasad Kharel		Sikkim Democratic Front
1999	Sang Dorjee Tamang		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
2004	Somnath Poudyal		Sikkim Democratic Front

Election results

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Somnath Poudyal	5,620	59.11%	11.05
	INC	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	2,165	22.77%	21.64
	Independent	Garjaman Rai	1,565	16.46%	New
	SHRP	Amrit Narayan Giri	157	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			3,455	36.34%	33.61
Turnout			9,507	79.45%	0.09
Registered electors			11,966		5.69
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	8.31

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sang Dorjee Tamang	4,575	50.80%	17.35
	SDF	Dilli Prasad Kharel	4,329	48.07%	12.21
	INC	Reeta Karki	102	1.13%	9.95
Margin of victory			246	2.73%	0.33
Turnout			9,006	81.00%	0.70
Registered electors			11,322		18.02
	SSP gain from SDF		Swing	14.95

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dilli Prasad Kharel	2,712	35.85%	New
	SSP	Sang Dorjee Tamang	2,530	33.45%	21.44
	Independent	Kundan Mull Sarda	1,047	13.84%	New
	INC	Puspak Ram Subba	838	11.08%	4.18
	RSP	Yoga Nidhi Bhandari	234	3.09%	New
	BJP	Mitra Lall Dhungel	91	1.20%	New
	CPI(M)	Duk Nath Nepal	75	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			182	2.41%	21.00
Turnout			7,564	82.04%	1.12
Registered electors			9,593
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	19.03

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sukumar Pradhan	3,168	54.89%	8.56
	RIS	Yoga Nidhi Bhandari	1,817	31.48%	New
	INC	Madan Kumar Chetri	398	6.90%	25.64
Margin of victory			1,351	23.41%	7.51
Turnout			5,772	72.49%	19.16
Registered electors			7,426
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sukumar Pradhan	2,742	63.44%	New
	INC	B. Khrel	1,406	32.53%	30.05
	Independent	Lok Narayan Pradhan	92	2.13%	New
	Independent	D. B. Subba	49	1.13%	New
	SPC	Pratap Singh Giri	26	0.60%	3.12
Margin of victory			1,336	30.91%	14.82
Turnout			4,322	59.49%	0.18
Registered electors			7,379		21.45
	SSP gain from SC (R)		Swing	25.51

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Central Pendam–East Pendam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SC (R)	Bhuwani Prasad Kharel	1,346	37.94%	New
	SJP	Toga Nidhi Bhandari	775	21.84%	New
	Independent	Kundan Mull Sarda	658	18.55%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar Trivedi	240	6.76%	New
	JP	Dilli Prasad Dhungel Sharma	147	4.14%	New
	SPC	Hari Prasad Chhetri	132	3.72%	New
	INC	Kahar Singh Karki	88	2.48%	New
	Independent	Dhan Bahadur Sawa	61	1.72%	New
	Independent	Anirudh Sharma	55	1.55%	New
	Independent	Ruth Karthak Lepchani	46	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			571	16.09%
Turnout			3,548	61.21%
Registered electors			6,076
	SC (R) win (new seat)

References

1. "THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 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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