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Ranka (ST)

Name: Ranka (ST)
Address: IN

Sikkim Vidhan Sabha Election 1979

3,114

Electors

2,006

Votes polled

64.42%

Turnout

Margin

Winner

Dorji Tshering Bhutia

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Dorji Tshering Bhutia Won Male	SCR	679	33.85%
2	Sonam Tshering Bhutia Male	SJP	660	32.90%
3	Rinchen Lapcha Male	SPC	388	19.34%
4	Dnki Choden Bhutia Female	JnP	213	10.62%
5	Kancha Lama Male	IND	66	3.29%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	Nimthit Lepcha Female SDF	—	Pintso Chopel Lepcha Male INC	—
1999	Tseten Dorjee Lepcha Male SDF	56.48%	Pintso Chopel Lepcha Male SSP	42.05%
1994	Rinzing Ongmu Female SSP	37.56%	Tseten Lepcha Male SDF	37.25%
1985	Dorjee Tshering Bhutia Male SSP	65.57%	Namgyal Topgay Bhutia Male INC	32.09%
1979	Dorji Tshering Bhutia Male SCR	33.85%	Sonam Tshering Bhutia Male SJP	32.90%