India News | SKM Candidate Samdup Lepcha Wins Lachen Mangan Seat
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Samdup Lepcha of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won the Lachen Mangan Assembly seat defeating his nearest SDF rival Hishey Lachungpa by 851 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.
Gangtok, Jun 2 (PTI) Samdup Lepcha of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won the Lachen Mangan Assembly seat defeating his nearest SDF rival Hishey Lachungpa by 851 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.
The counting of votes for the 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim started at 6 am on Sunday.
Lepcha got 3,929 votes against 3,078 by Sikkim Democratic Front nominee Hishey Lachungpa.
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