Assam–Lingjey Assembly constituency

Assam–Lingjey Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Sikkim.

Assam–Lingjey
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008[1]
Total electors	9,052

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Sherab Palden		Sikkim Janata Parishad
1985	Sonam Dupden Lepcha		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989
1994	Tseten Tashi
1999	Tseten Tashi Bhutia		Sikkim Democratic Front
2004	Kunga Zangpo Bhutia

Election results

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Kunga Zangpo Bhutia	4,641	64.77%	19.46
	INC	Kunga Nima Lepcha	2,415	33.71%	32.37
	SHRP	Lall Bahadur Lepcha	109	1.52%	New
Margin of victory			2,226	31.07%	29.52
Turnout			7,165	79.15%	2.42
Registered electors			9,052		13.39
	SDF hold		Swing	19.46

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Tseten Tashi Bhutia	2,951	45.32%	17.38
	SSP	Kunga Zangpo Bhutia	2,850	43.77%	12.09
	Independent	Sonam Dupden Lepcha	624	9.58%	New
	INC	Major Tshering Gyatso Kaleon (Retd.)	87	1.34%	4.36
Margin of victory			101	1.55%	2.19
Turnout			6,512	83.39%	1.35
Registered electors			7,983		33.23
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	13.64

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Tseten Tashi	1,574	31.68%	28.23
	SDF	Namgey Bhutia	1,388	27.93%	New
	Independent	Kunga Zangpo Bhutia	810	16.30%	New
	Independent	Sherap Palden	583	11.73%	New
	INC	Major T. Gyatso	283	5.70%	24.37
	Independent	Sonam Dupden Lepcha	261	5.25%	New
	Independent	Azing Lepcha	70	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			186	3.74%	26.09
Turnout			4,969	84.76%	2.41
Registered electors			5,992
	SSP hold		Swing	28.23

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sonam Dupden Lepcha	2,359	59.90%	4.03
	INC	Sherab Palden	1,184	30.07%	4.27
	RIS	Sonam Tshering Bhutia	279	7.08%	New
Margin of victory			1,175	29.84%	8.30
Turnout			3,938	78.14%	14.24
Registered electors			4,891
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Sonam Dupden Lepcha	1,341	55.88%	New
	INC	Sherab Palden	824	34.33%	New
	Independent	Phurba Wangdi	172	7.17%	New
	Independent	Dawa Thrudu	39	1.63%	New
	JP	Gompa Namgyal Kazi	20	0.83%	4.92
Margin of victory			517	21.54%	19.20
Turnout			2,400	67.16%	9.90
Registered electors			3,621		16.32
	SSP gain from SJP		Swing	7.94

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Assam–Lingjey^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJP	Sherab Palden	1,120	63.82%	New
	SC (R)	Phuchung Tshering	405	23.08%	New
	SPC	Tshering Dedup	129	7.35%	New
	JP	Norchen Lucksom	101	5.75%	New
Margin of victory			715	40.74%
Turnout			1,755	58.53%
Registered electors			3,113
	SJP win (new seat)