Leh Election Results 2014, J&K

About Leh Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Leh, a small town in Leh district is the capital city of Ladakh. The place is considered to be the herat of the district. It is a popular tourist destination. The famous Leh Palace which was built by King Sengge Namgyal is located here. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 27,513. The assembly constituency of Leh is a part of Ladakh parliamentary constituency. The constituency is the INC bastion. Nawang Rigzin of INC won the 2008 assembly elections. He defeated his rival Thupstan Chhewang, an independent candidate. Rigzin bagged 19008 votes as against Chhewang's 17485 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Leh Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Leh assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	48	Leh	GEN	Nawang Rigzin	M	INC	27585	Chering Dorjay	M	BJP	19909
2008	48	Leh	GEN	Nawang Rigzin	M	INC	19008	Thupstan Chhewang	M	IND	17485
2002	48	Leh	GEN	Sh. Nawang Rigzin	M	IND		Uncontested
1996	48	Leh	GEN	Chering Dorjay	M	INC	16712	Sonam Wangchuk Narboo	M	JKN	10225
1987	43	Leh	GEN	Tsering Samphel	M	INC	16142	Tokdan Rinpochey	M	IND	7138
1983	43	Leh	GEN	Sonam Gyalsan	M	INC	15404	Sonam Wangchuk Narboo	M	JKN	8287
1980	By Polls	Leh	GEN	S.Angdoo	M	IND	9173	T.Targais	M	INC(I)	5861
1977	43	Leh	GEN	Sonam Narboo	M	INC	11736	Soham Gyaltsan	M	JNP	7450
1972	43	Leh	GEN	Sonam Wangyal	M	INC	11041	Koushok Tokdan	M	IND	10670
1967	43	Leh	GEN	S. Wangyal	M	INC	16270	N. C. Stanzin	M	IND	3647
1962	74	Leh	GEN	Kushak Bakula	M	NC	20095	Chering Punchok	M	IND	558