Barfung
Constituency No. 9 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateSikkim
DistrictNamchi
LS constituencySikkim
ReservationBL
Member of Legislative Assembly
10th Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySikkim Democratic Front
Elected year2019

Barfung Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a northeast state of India. Barfung is part of Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3][4]

This constituency is reserved for members of the Bhutia-Lepcha community.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2009 Sonam Gyatso Bhutia Sikkim Democratic Front
2014 Dorjee Dazom Bhutia
2019 Tashi Thendup Bhutia[5]

Election results

2019

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDF Tashi Thendup Bhutia
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

See also

References

  1. Sitting and previous MLAs from Barfung Assembly constituency
  2. Election Commission of India
  3. "Assembly constituencies Revenue Blocks". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  5. 1 2 "State Election, 2019 to the legislative assembly of Sikkim". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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