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Winner — 1979
DORJI TSHERING BHUTIA
SCR
SCR 33.8%SJP 32.9%3 others 33.3%
Votes
679
33.9% share
Winning margin
19
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.4%
of 3,114
Ranka was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 19 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DORJI TSHERING BHUTIA | SCR | 679 | 33.9% |
| 2 | SONAM TSHERING BHUTIA | SJP | 660 | 32.9% |
| 3 | RINCHEN LAPCHA | SPC | 388 | 19.3% |
| 4 | DNKI CHODEN BHUTIA | Janata | 213 | 10.6% |
| 5 | KANCHA LAMA | IND | 66 | 3.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (1st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 28.4% · min 0.3% · max 66.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
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1st of 32How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.91
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 32How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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23rd of 32Where does the house stand?
SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SCR 33.9%SJP 32.9%SPC 19.3%JNP 10.6%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,709
Density
10 / km²
Sex ratio
767 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,226 km²
SC population2.3%
ST population65.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%BUDDHIST
Buddhist 53.4%Hindu 34.0%Christian 6.1%Other 6.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water71.9%
Electricity87.9%
Sanitation77.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated90.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.8%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Women literate81.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel65.9%
Health insurance24.5%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.