Upper Burtuk
Upper Burtuk
Constituency No. 28 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Lok Sabha constituency Sikkim Established 2008
Total electors 15,231 [needs update ]
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kala Rai
Upper Burtuk is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India .
It is part of Gangtok district and consists of the following Revenue Blocks: Ranka, Sangtong, Upper Sicheygaon, Parbing, Sicheygaon, Gangtok Private Estate, Burtuk, Luing and Upper Burtuk, all of Gangtok Sub-Division.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly Election 2024 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Burtuk Party Candidate Votes % ±% SKM Kala Rai 6,323 50.54% 5.18 BJP Dilli Ram Thapa 3,755 30.01% New SDF Dil Bahadur Thapa 1,623 12.97% 38.80 CAP–Sikkim Bhim Kumar Tamang 581 4.64% New INC Aita Tamang 123 0.98% 0.10 NOTA None of the Above 107 0.86% 0.07 Margin of victory 2,568 20.52% 14.11 Turnout 12,512 77.06% 0.38 Registered electors 16,236 6.60 SKM gain from SDF Swing 1.24
Assembly election 2019 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Burtuk Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDF Dilli Ram Thapa 6,107 51.77% 6.56 SKM Nagendra Bikram Gurung 5,350 45.35% 5.37 INC Aita Tamang 128 1.09% 0.11 NOTA None of the Above 93 0.79% 0.55 SRP Dal Bahadur Tamang 59 0.50% New HSP Philip Lamichaney 59 0.50% New Margin of victory 757 6.42% 0.90 Turnout 11,796 77.45% 3.98 Registered electors 15,231 19.33 SDF gain from SKM Swing 1.05
Assembly election 2014 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Burtuk Party Candidate Votes % ±% SKM Prem Singh Tamang 5,272 50.73% New SDF D. R. Thapa 4,699 45.21% 33.41 BJP Ugen Tamang 159 1.53% 0.53 NOTA None of the Above 139 1.34% New INC Santa Bir Gurung 124 1.19% 16.71 Margin of victory 573 5.51% 55.21 Turnout 10,393 81.42% 1.06 Registered electors 12,764 40.11 SKM gain from SDF Swing 27.90
Assembly election 2009 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Upper Burtuk Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDF Prem Singh Tamang 5,908 78.63% New INC Arun Kumar Rai 1,345 17.90% New SHRP Sumitra Rai 86 1.14% New BJP Binod Kumar Adhikari 75 1.00% New Independent Tikendra Sharma 74 0.98% New Margin of victory 4,563 60.73% Turnout 7,514 82.48% Registered electors 9,110 SDF win (new seat)
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