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Constituency of the Sikkim legislative assembly in India

Dentam
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008
Total electors	7,480

Dentam was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Sikkim.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Padam Lall Gurung		Sikkim Congress
1985			Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989			Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1994	Chakra Bahadur Subba		Sikkim Democratic Front
1999	Narendra Kumar Subba
2004	Deepak Kumar Gurung

Election results

Assembly election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Deepak Kumar Gurung	4,158	65.42%	13.01
	INC	Sher Hang Subba	2,093	32.93%	29.73
	Independent	Mangal Dhoj Subba	105	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,065	32.49%	24.47
Turnout			6,356	84.97%	0.66
Registered electors			7,480		7.87
	SDF hold		Swing	13.01

Assembly election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Narendra Kumar Subba	3,112	52.41%	11.57
	SSP	Padam Lall Gurung	2,636	44.39%	10.05
	INC	Laxmi Prasad Subba	190	3.20%	16.20
Margin of victory			476	8.02%	1.52
Turnout			5,938	86.62%	1.64
Registered electors			6,934		8.46
	SDF hold		Swing	11.57

Assembly election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Chakra Bahadur Subba	2,193	40.84%	*New*
	SSP	Padam Lall Gurung	1,844	34.34%	39.80
	INC	Kharka Dhoj Subba	1,042	19.40%	7.07
	Independent	Punya Prasad Sharma	291	5.42%	New
Margin of victory			349	6.50%	54.11
Turnout			5,370	85.53%	15.37
Registered electors			6,393
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	33.30

Assembly election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Padam Lall Gurung	3,102	74.14%	3.05
	RIS	Puspa Mani Chettri	566	13.53%	New
	INC	Laxmi Prasad Subba	516	12.33%	4.55
Margin of victory			2,536	60.61%	0.30
Turnout			4,184	70.92%	4.51
Registered electors			6,097
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Padam Lall Gurung	2,355	77.19%	*New*
	INC	Laxmi Prasad Subba	515	16.88%	New
	JP	Padam Singh Subba	56	1.84%	2.90
	Independent	Phurba Sherpa	54	1.77%	New
	Independent	Til Bahadur Subba	41	1.34%	New
	Independent	Narayan Pradhan	29	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			1,840	60.31%	34.34
Turnout			3,051	66.51%	3.37
Registered electors			4,759		46.30
	SSP gain from SC (R)		Swing	33.95

Assembly election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Dentam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SC (R)	Padam Lall Gurung	949	43.23%	*New*
	SJP	Pahalman Subba	379	17.27%	New
	Independent	Kedar Jang Basnet	362	16.49%	New
	SPC	Pratap Singh Tewari	206	9.38%	New
	JP	Phur Tshering Lucksom	104	4.74%	New
	Independent	Man Bahadur Subba	74	3.37%	New
	Independent	Kul Bahadur Gurung	57	2.60%	New
	Independent	Phurba Tshering Sherpa	41	1.87%	New
	Independent	Babulal Goyal	23	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			570	25.97%
Turnout			2,195	72.03%
Registered electors			3,253
	SC (R) win (new seat)

References

"THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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