Former soccer star Bhaichung Bhutia bites dust in Sikkim, loses by 4,000 votes

Former India Football captain and SDF vice president Bhaichung Bhutia lost the Barfung assembly constituency in Namchi district to SKM’s Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia on Sunday. SKM candidate bagged 8,358 votes while Bhutia got 4,012 votes.

The Citizen Action Party - Sikkim candidate in the Barfung constituency Dadul Lepcha got 656 votes while BJP nominee Tashi Dadul Bhutia received only 298 votes. Bhaichung Bhutia joined the SDF before the Sikkim assembly elections. He also merged the erstwhile Hamro Sikkim Party with the SDF.

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