Press Release: Analysis of Vote Share and Margin of Victory of Newly Elected MLAs in Sikkim, 2019

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ADR and Sikkim Election Watch (SEW) have analysed the vote share all-32 constituencies in the Sikkim Assembly Elections, 2019. For the complete the report, please go to:https://adrindia.org/content/sikkim-assembly-elections-2019-analysis-vote-share-and-representativeness-winners

Summary and Highlights

Representation of Political Parties

In the Sikkim Assembly Elections 2019, 9 political parties and independents were in the fray. These included 2 national political parties, 2 state political parties and 5 registered unrecognized parties. In comparison, during the 2014 Sikkim State Assembly elections, 5 political parties were in the fray. These included 2 national political parties, 2 state political parties and 1 registered unrecognized party. This reflects that there has been 80% increase in the number of political parties that contested in 2019 from 2014.

Voter Turnout

· The voter turnout for the Sikkim Assembly 2019 was 81% whereas voter turnout in 2014 assembly elections was 42%.

Vote Share of Winner

· The winners of the Sikkim State Assembly elections, 2019 won by an average of 52 % of total votes polled. In the 2014 elections, winners won by an average of 57% of total votes polled.

Winners with highest vote share: 22 (69%) winners won with 50% and above of the total votes polled in their constituency. The top 3 winners who have attained the highest vote share during the Sikkim State Assembly Elections, 2019 are given below:

S.No.	Winner	Constituency	Party for Winner	Total Registered Voters (including Service Voters)	Total Votes Polled	Total Votes Polled for Winner	% of Vote Share of winner
1	PINTSO NAMGYAL LEPCHA	Djongu	Sikkim Democratic Front	9595	8483	5613	66.17%
2	DORJEE TSHERING LEPCHA	Gnathang-machong	Sikkim Democratic Front	12048	10132	6380	62.97%
3	SONAM LAMA	Sangha	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	3293	2376	1488	62.63%

Table: Winners with the highest vote share

Winners with Least Vote Share: 10(31%) winners won with less than 50% of the total votes polled in their constituency. The top 3 winners who have attained the least vote share during the Sikkim State Assembly Elections, 2019 are given below:

S.No.	Constituency	Winner	Party for Winner	Total Registered Voters (including Service Voters)	Total Votes Polled	Total Votes Polled for Winner	% of Vote Share of winner
1	Arithang	ARUN KUMAR UPRETI	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	11408	7872	3150	40.02%
2	Martam-rumtek	DORJEE TSHERING LEPCHA	Sikkim Democratic Front	16975	13753	6244	45.40%
3	Yangthang	BHIM HANG LIMBOO	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	12952	10696	5184	48.47%

Table: Winners with least vote share

Party Wise Winners with Less than 50% of Vote Share Out of 15 winner of Sikkim Democratic Front, 4(27%) won with less than 50 % of total votes polled in their constituencies and 6(35%) out of 17 winners from Sikkim Krantikari Morcha won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituency.

Representativeness of Winners

· All the winners of the Sikkim State Assembly Elections, 2019 won with an average of 42% of the total registered voters. This implies that the winners represent on an average, 42% of the total electorate. In the Sikkim State Assembly Elections, 2014 won by an average of 24% of the total registered voters.

· Party-wise Winners with less than 50% of Representativeness: Out of 15 winners of Sikkim Democratic Front, 13(87%) have won less than 50% of votes of the total registered voters in the constituency and all 17(100%) winners from Sikkim Krantikari Morcha have won less than 50 % of votes of the total registered voters in the constituency.

Margin of Victory for Winners

Winners with Least Margin of Victory: The details of top three winners with least margin of victory are given below:

S.No.	Constituency	Total Voters (including Service Voters)	Total Votes Polled	Winner	Party for Winner	Total Votes Polled for Winner	Runners up	Party for Runners up	Total Votes Runner up	Margin of Victory (Winner- Runner up)	% of Margin of Victory
1	Yangthang	12952	10696	BHIM HANG LIMBOO	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	5184	DAL BDR. SUBBA	Sikkim Democratic Front	5137	47	0.44%
2	Martam-rumtek	16975	13753	DORJEE TSHERING LEPCHA	Sikkim Democratic Front	6244	SONAM TSHERING VENCHUNGPA	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	6171	73	0.53%
3	Yoksam-tashiding	13808	11720	SANGAY LEPCHA	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	5686	DICHEN WANGCHUK BHUTIA	Sikkim Democratic Front	5607	79	0.67%

Table: Winners with Least Margin of Victory

Winners with Highest Margin of Victory: The details of the top three winners with the highest margin of victory are given below:

S.No.	Constituency	Total Voters (including Service Voters)	Total Votes Polled	Winner	Party for Winner	Total Votes Polled for Winner	Runners up	Party for Runners up	Total Votes Runner up	Margin of Victory (Winner- Runner up)	% of Margin of Victory
1	Djongu	9595	8483	PINTSO NAMGYAL LEPCHA	Sikkim Democratic Front	5613	CHUNGKIPU LEPCHA	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	2612	3001	35.38%
2	Gnathang-machong	12048	10132	DORJEE TSHERING LEPCHA	Sikkim Democratic Front	6380	TSHERING BHUTIA	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	3460	2920	28.82%
3	Sangha	3293	2376	SONAM LAMA	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	1488	TSHERING LAMA	Sikkim Democratic Front	858	630	26.52%

Table: Winners with Highest Margin of Victory

Performance of Women Winners in Sikkim Assembly Elections, 2019

· Among the 32 winners,3 are women.

· Among the women winners, Raj Kumari Thapa (Sikkim Democratic Front) from Rangang-Yangang Constituency has won with the highest vote share, i.e. 53.47 % in her constituency and 13.27% of the margin of victory.

Performance of Re-elected Winners in Sikkim Assembly Elections, 2019

· Out of total 9 re-elected winners 7(78%) have won with a vote share of 50% and above.

NOTA

· 5 re-elected winners have won with less than 10% of margin of victory whereas only 2 have won with more than 20% of the margin of victory. The NOTA button instated by the ECI in 2013 gave the voters an option of rejecting all the candidates in their constituency. The total number of votes polled for None-of-the-above option were 3039 votes during the Sikkim State Assembly Elections, 2019.

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