Sangha Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a state in the Northeast region of India. It is a part of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. Sonam Lama of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party is the representative of this constituency since 2014.

This seat is reserved for the Buddhist monastic community (Sangha) of Sikkim. Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat.

Members of the Sikkim State Council The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, after requests from the monastery associations to the Chogyal. +ElectionNameParty 1958 Lharipa Rinzing Lama 1967 Pema Lama 1970 Rinzing Chewang Lama 1973 Peyching Lama 1974 Karma Gompu Lama

Members of the Legislative Assembly After the 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum, Sikkim became a state of India and the members of the State Council at the time, were deemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the new state of Sikkim. +ElectionNameParty 1974 Karma Gompu Lama 1979 Lhachen Ganchen Rimpuchhi 1985 Namkha Gyaltsen 1989 1994 1999 Palden Lama 2004 Tshering Lama 2009 Phetook Tsh. Bhutia 2014 Sonam Lama 20192024

Supreme Court case In 1993, a case was brought in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the reservation for the Sangha constituency and for the Bhutia-Lepcha constituencies in Sikkim, by Ram Chandra Poudyal of the Rising Sun Party. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, judging that the Sangha had played a major part in previous Councils' decision-making and the reservation is not based purely on religious distinctions and is, therefore, not unconstitutional.

Election results Assembly Election 2024

Assembly election 2019

Assembly election 2014

Assembly election 2009

Assembly election 2004

Assembly election 1999

Assembly election 1994

Assembly election 1989

Assembly election 1985

Assembly election 1979

Sikkim State Council 1974

1973 In the 1973 election, Peyching Lama was elected unopposed.

1970

1967

See also List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly List of Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency Reserved political positions in India

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