2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election explained

Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	No
Country:	India
Previous Year:	2019
Previous Election:	2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2029
Next Election:	2029 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Seats For Election:	32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	17
Turnout:	79.88% (1.55%)
Outgoing Members:	10th Sikkim Assembly#Members of Legislative Assembly
Elected Members:	11th Sikkim Assembly#Members of Legislative Assembly
Party1:	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Alliance1:	NDA (post poll)
Leader1:	Prem Singh Tamang
Leaders Seat1:	Rhenock (retained), Soreng–Chakung (vacated)
Last Election1:	47.03%, 17 seats
Seat Change1:	14
Party2:	Sikkim Democratic Front
Alliance2:	-
Leader2:	Pawan Kumar Chamling
Leaders Seat2:	Poklok–Kamrang, Namchaybong (both lost)
Last Election2:	47.63%, 15 seats
Map2 Image:	India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 2024.svg
Map2 Caption:	Structure of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly after the election
Map2 Size:	300px
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Prem Singh Tamang
Before Party:	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Posttitle:	Chief Minister after election
After Election:	Prem Singh Tamang
After Party:	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Seats1:	31
Seats2:	1
Percentage1:	58.38%
Percentage2:	27.37%
Popular Vote1:	225,068
Popular Vote2:	105,503
Seat Change2:	14
Swing1:	11.35%
Swing2:	20.26%

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 19 April 2024 to elect the 32 members of the 11th Sikkim Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 June 2024.

Background

The tenure of Sikkim Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 2 June 2024.^[1] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the election, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha formed the state government, with Prem Singh Tamang becoming the Chief Minister.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.^[3]

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	20 March 2024
Last Date for filing nomination	27 March 2024
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March 2024
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	30 March 2024
Date of Poll	19 April 2024
Date of Counting of Votes	2 June 2024

Parties and alliances

Party!Flag!Symbol!Leader!Seats contested^{[4] [5]}

			Prem Singh Tamang	32
			Pawan Chamling	32
			Dilli Ram Thapa	31
			Gopal Chettri^[6]	12
bgcolor=		Citizen Action Party – Sikkim			Ganesh Kumar Rai^[7]	30

Candidates

Constituency!colspan="3"

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	Sikkim Democratic Front			Bharatiya Janata Party			Indian National Congress
Gyalshing	1	Yoksam–Tashiding		Tshering Thendup Bhutia		Meewang Gyatso Bhutia		Kunzang Sherab Bhutia		Kamal Lepcha
	2	Yangthang		Bhim Hang Limboo		Kesham Limboo		Sancha Man Limboo		Mangal Subba
	3	Maneybong–Dentam		Sudesh Kumar Subba		Tika Ram Chettri		Narendra Kumar Subba		Nar Bahadur Gurung
	4	Gyalshing–Barnyak		Lok Nath Sharma		Tika Prasad Sharma		Bharat Kumar Sharma
Soreng	5	Rinchenpong		Erung Tenzing Lepcha		Norden Bhutia		Sancho Lepcha
	6	Daramdin		Mingma Narbu Sherpa		Pem Norbu Sherpa		Phurba Dorjee Sherpa
	7	Soreng–Chakung		Prem Singh Tamang		Akar Dhoj Limbu		Purna Singh Subba
	8	Salghari–Zoom		Madan Cintury		Janga Bir Darnal		Pahal Man Kami
Namchi	9	Barfung		Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia		Bhaichung Bhutia		Tashi Dadul Bhutia
	10	Poklok–Kamrang		Bhoj Raj Rai		Pawan Kumar Chamling		Arjun Rai
	11	Namchi–Singhithang		Krishna Kumari Rai		Bimal Rai		Aruna Manger
	12	Melli		Nar Bahadur Pradhan		Nirmal Kumar Pradhan		Yogen Rai
	13	Namthang–Rateypani		Sanjeet Kharel		Suman Pradhan		Janak Kumar Gurung
	14	Temi–Namphing		Bedu Singh Panth		Suman Kumar Tewari		Bhupendra Giri
	15	Rangang–Yangang		Raj Kumari Thapa		Mani Kumar Subba		Gopi Das Pokhrel
	16	Tumin–Lingee		Samdup Tshering Bhutia		Norzong Lepcha		Passang Gyali Sherpa		Samdup Lepcha
Gangtok	17	Khamdong–Singtam		Nar Bahadur Dahal		Mani Kumar Sharma		Chetan Sapkota		Tanka Nath Adhikari
Pakyong	18	West Pendam		Lall Bahadur Das		Anup Thatal		Bhupal Baraily
	19	Rhenock		Prem Singh Tamang		Somnath Poudyal		Prem Chhetri		Kapil Prasad Sapkota
	20	Chujachen		Puran Kumar Gurung		Mani Kumar Gurung		Duk Nath Nepal
	21	Gnathang–Machong		Pamin Lepcha		Tshering Wangdi Lepcha		Sangay Gyatso Bhutia		Tshering Pema Bhutia
	22	Namchaybong		Raju Basnet		Pawan Kumar Chamling		Pooja Sharma
Gangtok	23	Shyari		Kunga Nima Lepcha		Tenzing Norbu Lamtha		Pempo Dorjee Lepcha		Karma Tashi Bhutia
	24	Martam–Rumtek		Sonam Venchungpa		Mechung Bhutia		Chewang Dadul Bhutia		Ganga Lepcha
	25	Upper Tadong		Gay Tshering Dhungel		Chandra Bahadur Chettri		Niren Bhandari
	26	Arithang		Arun Kumar Upreti		Ashis Rai		Udai Gurung		Sumitra Rai
	27	Gangtok		Delay Namgyal Barfungpa		Pintso Chopel Lepcha		Pema Wangyal Rinzing		Snumit Targain
	28	Upper Burtuk		Kala Rai		Dil Bahadur Thapa Manger		Dilli Ram Thapa		Aita Tamang
Mangan	29	Kabi–Lungchok		Thenlay Tshering Bhutia		Gnawo Chopel Lepcha		Ugen Nedup Bhutia
	30	Djongu		Pintso Namgyal Lepcha		Sonam Gyatso Lepcha		Penzong Lepcha
	31	Lachen–Mangan		Samdup Lepcha		Hishey Lachungpa
	32	Sangha		Sonam Lama		Tshering Lama		Tseten Tashi Bhutia

Results

Results by party

Party!colspan="3"

Popular vote	Seats
Votes	%	Change (pp)	Contested	Won	Change
	2,25,068	58.38	11.21	32	31	14
	1,05,503	27.37	20.26	32	1	14
	Citizen Action Party – Sikkim	23,261	6.03	New	30	0
	19,956	5.18	3.56	31	0
	1,228	0.32	0.45	12	0
	Independent	5,947	1.53	1.53
	3,813	0.99	0.13
Total		3,85,072	100%	-	146	32	-

Results by districts

Results by district^[8] !District!Seats!SKM!SDF

Gyalshing	4	4	0
Soreng	4	4	0
Namchi	8	8	0
Gangtok	7	6	1
Pakyong	5	5	0
Mangan	3	3	0
Sangha	1	1	0
Total	32	31	1

Results by constituency

District! colspan="2"

Constituency	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes		%
Gyalshing	1	Yoksam–Tashiding	Tshering Thendup Bhutia		8,271	60.8	Meewang Gyatso Bhutia		3,459	25.43	4,812
	2	Yangthang	Bhim Hang Limboo		6,621	54.61	Kesham Limboo		4,065	33.53	2,556
	3	Maneybong–Dentam	Sudesh Kumar Subba		8,553	61.16	Tika Ram Chettri		2,514	17.68	6,039
	4	Gyalshing–Barnyak	Lok Nath Sharma		5,612	48.1	Khusandra Prasad Sharma		4,649	39.85	963
Soreng	5	Rinchenpong	Erung Tenzing Lepcha		9,624	68.91	Norden Bhutia		3,224	23.08	6,400
	6	Daramdin	Mingma Narbu Sherpa		9,404	67.75	Pem Norbu Sherpa		3,429	24.7	5,975
	7	Soreng–Chakung	Prem Singh Tamang		10,480	71.18	Akar Dhoj Limbu		3,084	21.24	7,396
	8	Salghari–Zoom	Madan Cintury		5,678	58.69	Janga Bir Darnal		2,966	30.66	2,712
Namchi	9	Barfung	Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia		8,358	61.86	Bhaichung Bhutia		4,012	23.69	4,346
	10	Poklok–Kamrang	Bhoj Raj Rai		8,037	54.99	Pawan Kumar Chamling		4,974	34.03	3,063
	11	Namchi–Singhithang	Krishna Kumari Rai		7,907	71.60	Bimal Rai		2,605	23.59	5,302
	12	Melli	Nar Bahadur Pradhan		7,904	57.96	Ganesh Kumar Rai		-Sikkim	3,621	26.55	4,283
	13	Namthang–Rateypani	Sanjeet Kharel		8,949	63.46	Suman Pradhan		3,344	23.71	5,605
	14	Temi–Namphing	Bedu Singh Panth		6,759	51.84	Suman Kumar Tewari		3,201	24.55	3,558
	15	Rangang–Yangang	Raj Kumari Thapa		6,514	50.74	Mani Kumar Subba		5,313	41.38	1,201
	16	Tumin–Lingee	Samdup Tshering Bhutia		8,265	58.07	Norzong Lepcha		4,177	29.35	4,088
Gangtok	17	Khamdong–Singtam	Nar Bahadur Dahal		5,882	52.87	Mani Kumar Sharma		4,143	37.24	1,739
Pakyong	18	West Pendam	Lall Bahadur Das		6,237	48.28	Anup Thatal		4,285	33.17	1,952
	19	Rhenock	Prem Singh Tamang		10,094	64.54	Somnath Poudyal		3,050	19.5	7,044
	20	Chujachen	Puran Kumar Gurung		8,199	55.66	Mani Kumar Gurung		4,865	33.03	3,334
	21	Gnathang–Machong	Pamin Lepcha		6,676	61.58	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha		2,869	26.46	3,807
	22	Namchaybong	Raju Basnet		7,195	53.42	Pawan Kumar Chamling		4,939	36.67	2,256
Gangtok	23	Shyari	Tenzing Norbu Lamtha		6,633	51.84	Kunga Nima Lepcha		5,319	41.57	1,314
	24	Martam–Rumtek	Sonam Venchungpa		8,070	54.01	Mechung Bhutia		5,308	35.53	2,762
	25	Upper Tadong	Gay Tshering Dhungel		6,209	68.46	Chandra Bahadur Chettri		2,120	23.38	4,089
	26	Arithang	Arun Kumar Upreti		5,356	61.48	Ashis Rai		2,627	30.15	2,729
	27	Gangtok	Delay Namgyal Barfungpa		4,440	57.44	Pintso Chopel Lepcha		1,748	22.61	2,692
	28	Upper Burtuk	Kala Rai		6,323	50.54	Dilli Ram Thapa		3,755	30.01	4,089
Mangan	29	Kabi–Lungchok	Thenlay Tshering Bhutia		5,882	54.18	Gnawo Chopel Lepcha		4,189	38.59	1,693
	30	Djongu	Pintso Namgyal Lepcha		6,402	69.56	Sonam Gyatso Lepcha		1,395	15.16	5,007
	31	Lachen–Mangan	Samdup Lepcha		3,929	55.37	Hishey Lachungpa		3,078	43.38	851
	32	Sangha	Sonam Lama		1,919	60.01	Tseten Tashi Bhutia		1,054	32.96	865

See also

• Elections in Sikkim
• 2024 elections in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terms of the Houses . https://web.archive.org/web/20220328103956/https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/ . 28 March 2022 . 2022-02-13 . Election Commission of India . en-IN.
2. News: 27 May 2019 . SKM president Prem Singh Tamang takes oath as Sikkim Chief Minister . Business Standard India . 25 June 2022.
3. Web site: 2024-03-16 . Sikkim Assembly election 2024 to be held on April 19: Here is complete schedule . 2024-04-16 . Hindustan Times . en . 3 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240403050051/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sikkim-assembly-election-2024-to-be-held-on-april-19-here-is-complete-schedule-101710581636706.html . live .
4. List of contesting candidates. https://web.archive.org/web/20240416024013/https://ceosikkim.nic.in/UploadedFiles/NotificationCirculars/Election%20Gaz%202024.pdf. 16 April 2024. Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim.
5. News: 15 April 2024. 1 May 2024. Sikkim Assembly Election 2024:'Out Of 146 Candidates, 102 Millionaires'. The Voice Of Sikkim. 18 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240418164113/https://voiceofsikkim.com/sikkim-assembly-election-2024-out-of-146-candidates-102-millionaires/. live.
6. Web site: Gopal Chettri appointed president of Congress' Sikkim unit. 16 April 2024. Deccan Herald. 3 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240603094911/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/sikkim/gopal-chettri-appointed-president-of-congress-sikkim-unit-2698500. live.
7. News: Ganesh Rai campaigns in Chujachen. 20 April 2024. Sikkim Express. 3 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240603094913/https://www.sikkimexpress.com/ganesh-rai-campaigns-in-chujachen. live.
8. Web site: State wise results. Election Commission of India. 2 June 2024. 3 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240603094913/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGen2ndJune2024/statewiseS211.htm. live.