Elections in Sikkim

Elections in Sikkim were held in the Kingdom of Sikkim between 1953 and 1974, and, after its integration with India, since 1979 as the Indian state of Sikkim. The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha.

Assembly Elections

General elections The general elections took place before Sikkim's integration with India.

1953

1958

1967

1970

1973

1974

Legislative Assembly elections 1979

1985

1989

1994

1999

Party No. of candidates No. elected Votes won % Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 0 Indian National Congress 31 0 Sikkim Democratic Front 31 24 Sikkim Sangram Parishad 32 7 Independents 9 1 Total: 105 32

2004

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes % Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 667 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 144 Indian National Congress 28 1 51329 Sikkim Democratic Front 32 31 139662 Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad 9 0 1123 Sikkim Sangram Parishad 1 0 90 Independents 16 0 3450 Total: 91 32 196465

2009

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %Bharatiya Janata Party 11 0 1966 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 0 272 Indian National Congress 32 0 69612 Sikkim Democratic Front 32 32 165991 Sikkim Democratic Front 20 0 5516 Nationalist Congress Party 11 0 1065 Independent 16 0 3450 SGPP 27 0 2909 SJEP 6 0 497 Total: 167 32 251851 Source: Election Commission of India

2014

!colspan=2|Political Party !Candidates !Numberof Votes !Seats Won !Net Changein seats !% of votes

||32||169983||22||10|| 55.0%

|32||126024||10||10||40.8%

|32||4390||0||0||1.4%

|13||2208||0||0||0.7%

|7||586||0||0||0.2%

|5||1227||0||0||0.4

| ||4460||-||-||1.4% |- |- class="unsortable" !colspan=2| Total !! !!478,861!! 32!! !!

2019

PartyContestedWon+/–Votes%+/–Sikkim Krantikari Morcha321771,65,50847.036.23Sikkim Democratic Front321571,67,62047.637.37Bharatiya Janata Party1205,7001.620.92Indian National Congress2402,7210.770.63Hamro Sikkim Party2302,0980.60Independents0Total 32 Source: Election Commission of India

2024

Table Summary

Election year Vidhan Sabha election1st party2nd party Others Total seats Chief minister CM's party1979Second AssemblySJP 16 SCR 11SPC 4,IND. 132Nar Bahadur Bhandari1985Third AssemblySSP 30 INC 1IND 1321989Fourth AssemblySSP 32 321994Fifth AssemblySDF 19 SSP 10INC 2,IND 132Pawan Kumar Chamling1999Sixth AssemblySDF 24 SSP 7IND 1322004Seventh AssemblySDF 31 INC 1322009Eighth AssemblySDF 32 322014Ninth AssemblySDF 22 SKM 10322019Tenth AssemblySKM 17SDF 1532Prem Singh Tamang2024Eleventh AssemblySKM 31SDF 132

Loksabha Election

ElectionMemberParty 1977 Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri 1980Pahal Man Subba 1984Nar Bahadur Bhandari 1985Dil Kumari Bhandari 1989 Nandu Thapa 1991Dil Kumari Bhandari 1996 Bhim Prasad Dahal 1998 1999 2004Nakul Das Rai 2009Prem Das Rai 2014 2019 Indra Hang Subba 2024

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