Sikkim, 2024. 14 candidates from 7 parties contested 1 seats; 1 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
7
2024 · 1 of them won a seat
Largest party
1seats
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha · 42.99% of votes
Deposits lost
78.57%
11 of 14 candidates
Effective parties
3.5
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
14.0
14 for 1 declared seats
[02]Vote share against seat share
2024 · bar is vote share, marker is seat share
First-past-the-post rarely pays out in proportion. The bar is the share of votes a
party won; the marker is the share of seats it took. A marker to the right of its
bar means the system paid the party more seats than its votes alone would buy.
Sikkim Krantikari Mor…
42.99%1 seat · +57.01 pts
Citizen Action Party-…
21.86%0 seats · -21.86 pts
Sikkim Democratic Fro…
20.18%0 seats · -20.18 pts
Independent
8.15%0 seats · -8.15 pts
Bharatiya Janta Party
4.98%0 seats · -4.98 pts
Sikkim Republican Par…
1.26%0 seats · -1.26 pts
Indian National Congr…
0.59%0 seats · -0.59 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2024 · parties fielding 5 or more
Independent
0.0%0/8
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2024
78.57%11 of 14
2019
81.82%9 of 11
2014
66.67%4 of 6
2009
71.43%5 of 7
2004
50.0%2 of 4
1999
50.0%2 of 4
1998
33.33%1 of 3
1996
71.43%5 of 7
1991
85.71%6 of 7
1989
50.0%2 of 4
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2024
14.014 candidates
2019
11.011 candidates
2014
6.06 candidates
2009
7.07 candidates
2004
4.04 candidates
1999
4.04 candidates
1998
3.03 candidates
1996
7.07 candidates
1991
7.07 candidates
1989
4.04 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2024
80 won
2019
20 won
2014
00 won
2009
10 won
2004
00 won
1999
10 won
1998
10 won
1996
50 won
1991
50 won
1989
10 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha took 100.0% of the seats on 42.99% of the votes — a seat bonus of +57.01 pts.
seat share 100.0 - vote share 42.99
Citizen Action Party-sikkim went the other way: 21.86% of votes returned only 0.0% of seats.
seat share 0.0 - vote share 21.86
78.57% of candidates lost their deposit in 2024 — 11 of 14 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
11/14 below the one-sixth threshold
8 independents stood and 0 won — a strike rate of 0.0%.