Rangang–Yangang Assembly constituency

Rangang-Yangang
Constituency No. 15 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
District	Namchi
LS constituency	Sikkim
Established	2008
Total electors	13,919[1] ^[needs update]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raj Kumari Thapa
Party	Sikkim Democratic Front

Rangang–Yangang is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India.[2]

It is part of Namchi district. As of 2019, it is represented by Raj Kumari Thapa of the Sikkim Democratic Front party.[3]^[needs update]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Chandra Bdr Karki		Sikkim Democratic Front
2014	Pawan Kumar Chamling
2014^	Rup Narayan Chamling		Independent
2019	Raj Kumari Thapa		Sikkim Democratic Front
2024			Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election : Rangang–Yangang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Raj Kumari Thapa	6,514	50.74%	10.54
	SDF	Mani Kumar Subba	5,313	41.38%	12.08
	Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	Anil Kumar Nepal	662	5.16%	New
	BJP	Gopi Das Sharma (Pokhrel)	256	1.99%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	94	0.73%	0.12
Margin of victory			1,201	9.35%	3.91
Turnout			12,839	84.13%	1.54
Registered electors			15,261		9.64
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing	2.73

Assembly election 2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rangang–Yangang[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Raj Kumari Thapa	6,146	53.47%	10.37
	SKM	Raj Kumar Basnet	4,621	40.20%	7.98
	Sikkim Rajya Manch	Rup Narayan Chamling	443	3.85%	New
	INC	Tanka Nath Adhikari	105	0.91%	1.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	70	0.61%	1.26
	HSP	Kamala Rai	69	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			1,525	13.27%	18.36
Turnout			11,495	82.58%	1.89
Registered electors			13,919		18.34
	SDF hold		Swing	10.37

Assembly election 2014

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rangang–Yangang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Pawan Kumar Chamling	6,343	63.84%	4.40
	SKM	Bikash Basnet	3,201	32.22%	New
	INC	Om Prakash Bista	206	2.07%	26.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	186	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			3,142	31.62%	7.63
Turnout			9,936	84.48%	0.96
Registered electors			11,762		23.38
	SDF hold		Swing	4.40

Assembly election 2009

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Rangang–Yangang[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Chandra Bdr Karki	5,558	68.24%	New
	INC	Avinash Yakha	2,361	28.99%	New
	Independent	Tika Ram Chettri	125	1.53%	New
	Sikkim Gorkha Party	Keshav Prasad Bhattarai	101	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			3,197	39.25%
Turnout			8,145	85.44%
Registered electors			9,533
	SDF win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
• Namchi district

References

1. "Vidhan Sabha Elections Sikkim 2019 - Voters Turnout Statistical Data" (PDF). ceosikkim.nic.in. CEO of Sikkim. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "State Election, 2019 to the legislative assembly of Sikkim". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
4. "Sikkim Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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