Namthang–Rateypani Assembly constituency

Namthang-Rateypani
Constituency No. 13 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Namchi
LS constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Total electors	15,451[1] ^[needs update]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjit Kharel
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2019

Namthang-Rateypani Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim a north east state of India. Namthang-Rateypani is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4][5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Tilu Gurung		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014
2019	Sanjit Kharel		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election : Namthang–Rateypani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Sanjit Kharel	8,949	63.46%	9.88
	SDF	Suman Pradhan	3,344	23.71%	19.66
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Hari Chandra Chettri	1,300	9.22%	New
	BJP	Janak Kumar Gurung	344	2.44%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	164	1.16%	0.47
Margin of victory			5,605	39.75%	29.54
Turnout			14,101	85.69%	2.99
Registered electors			16,455		6.50
	SKM hold		Swing	9.88

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Namthang–Rateypani^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Sanjit Kharel	6,848	53.59%	10.21
	SDF	Birjan Tamang	5,543	43.38%	10.46
	INC	Sancha Man Chettri	128	1.00%	0.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	89	0.70%	0.29
	SRP	Ganga Ram Sharma	83	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			1,305	10.21%	0.24
Turnout			12,779	82.71%	0.82
Registered electors			15,451		16.84
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	0.25

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Namthang–Rateypani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tilu Gurung	5,947	53.84%	11.92
	SKM	Prem Singh Tamang	4,792	43.38%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	109	0.99%	New
	INC	Dik Maya Basnet	107	0.97%	29.53
	AITC	Yasodha Barakoti	91	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			1,155	10.46%	24.81
Turnout			11,046	83.53%	0.83
Registered electors			13,224		20.10
	SDF hold		Swing	11.92

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Namthang–Rateypani^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tilu Gurung	5,988	65.76%	New
	INC	Suk Bahadur Tamang	2,777	30.50%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Arun Kumar Gurung	132	1.45%	New
	Independent	Manoj Uprety	101	1.11%	New
	Independent	Abir Singh Subba	60	0.66%	New
	Sikkim Jan-Ekta Party	Sanjukta Rai	48	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			3,211	35.26%
Turnout			9,106	82.70%
Registered electors			11,011
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• Namthang
• Namchi district
• List of constituencies of Sikkim Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Vidhan Sabha Elections Sikkim 2019 - Voters Turnout Statistical Data" (PDF). ceosikkim.nic.in. CEO of Sikkim. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. Sitting and previous MLAs from Namthang-Rateypani Assembly constituency
3. Election Commission of India
4. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
5. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
6. "Sikkim Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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