Who won Arithang in the 2024 Assembly election?

Arun Kumar Upreti of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won Arithang in the 2024 Assembly election with 5,356 votes (61.8% vote share), a margin of 2,729 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

1. Arithang

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Sikkim · Sikkim Assembly Election, 2024

SK-ARITHANG

SKM 61.8%won by 31.5%SDF 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.0% to 31.5%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

12,602

Turnout

69.1%

Valid votes

8,663

Margin

2,729

31.50%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SKM

1Arun Kumar Upreti Sikkim Krantikari Morcha · SKM5,35661.8%
2Ashis Rai Sikkim Democratic Front · SDF2,62730.3%
3Udai Gurung Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP5416.2%
4Rikesh Pradhan CAPS · CAPS931.1%
5Sumitra Rai Indian National Congress · INC460.5%

Since 2019

Derived

Winner then: SKM
Winner now: SKM
SKM–SDF swing: +11.1%
SKM share: 40.0% → 61.8%
SDF share: 19.6% → 30.3%
Turnout: 69.0% → 69.1%

2. Barfung

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