Who won Barfung in the 2024 Assembly election?

Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won Barfung in the 2024 Assembly election with 8,358 votes (62.7% vote share), a margin of 4,346 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

2. Barfung

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Sikkim · Sikkim Assembly Election, 2024

SK-BARFUNG

SKM 62.7%won by 32.6%SDF 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) lost it to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), which now leads by 32.6%.

SKM vote shareSKM went from 48.3% to 62.7% of the vote here (+14.4%).
TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 84.6%.

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

Electorate

15,980

Turnout

84.6%

Valid votes

13,324

Margin

4,346

32.62%

Candidates

4 contested · winner SKM

1Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia Sikkim Krantikari Morcha · SKM8,35862.7%
2Bhaichung Bhutia Sikkim Democratic Front · SDF4,01230.1%
3Dadul Lepcha CAPS · CAPS6564.9%
4Tashi Dadul Bhutia Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2982.2%

Since 2019

Derived

Winner then: SDF
Winner now: SKMflipped
SKM–SDF swing: +33.4%
SKM share: 48.3% → 62.7%
SDF share: 49.1% → 30.1%
Turnout: 81.2% → 84.6%

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