Elections in Sikkim explained

Elections in Sikkim have been held in the Indian state of Sikkim between 1953 and 1974, before its integration with India, and since 1979 after its integration. 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

See main article: 1953 Sikkimese general election.

1958

See main article: 1958 Sikkimese general election.

1967

See main article: 1967 Sikkimese general election.

1970

See main article: 1970 Sikkimese general election.

1973

See main article: 1973 Sikkimese general election.

1974

See main article: 1974 Sikkimese general election.

Legislative Assembly elections

1979

See main article: 1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

1985

See main article: 1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

1989

See main article: 1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

1994

See main article: 1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

1999

See main article: 1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

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

2004

See main article: 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected^[2]	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

See main article: 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

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^[3]

2014

See main article: 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

|-!colspan=2|Political Party!Candidates!Number
of Votes!Seats Won!Net Change
in 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

See main article: 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

Party		Contested	Won	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	17	7	1,65,508	47.03	6.23
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	15	7	1,67,620	47.63	7.37
	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	0		5,700	1.62	0.92
	Indian National Congress	24	0		2,721	0.77	0.63
bgcolor=darkred		Hamro Sikkim Party	23	0		2,098	0.60
	Independents		0
Total			32
Source: Election Commission of India^[4]

2024

See main article: 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.

Table Summary

Election year	Vidhan Sabha election	1st party		2nd party		Others	Total seats	Chief minister	CM's party
1979	Second Assembly		SJP 16		SCR 11	SPC 4,IND. 1	32	Nar Bahadur Bhandari
1985	Third Assembly		SSP 30		INC 1	IND 1	32
1989	Fourth Assembly		SSP 32				32
1994	Fifth Assembly		SDF 19		SSP 10	INC 2,IND 1	32	Pawan Kumar Chamling
1999	Sixth Assembly		SDF 24		SSP 7	IND 1	32
2004	Seventh Assembly		SDF 31		INC 1		32
2009	Eighth Assembly		SDF 32				32
2014	Ninth Assembly		SDF 22		SKM 10		32
2019	Tenth Assembly		SKM 17		SDF 15		32	Prem Singh Tamang
2024	Eleventh Assembly		SKM 31		SDF 1		32

Loksabha Election

Election	Member	Party
1977	Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri^[5]
1980	Pahal Man Subba^[6]
1984	Nar Bahadur Bhandari^[7]
1985	Dil Kumari Bhandari
1989	Nandu Thapa^[8]
1991	Dil Kumari Bhandari^[9]
1996	Bhim Prasad Dahal^[10] ^[11] ^[12]
1998
1999
2004	Nakul Das Rai^[13]
2009	Prem Das Rai^[14] ^[15]
2014
2024

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India . eci.gov.in . 3 February 2021.
2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim. Election Commission of India.
3. Web site: 2009. Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202702/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf. 2014-04-04. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India.
4. Web site: ECI-ElectionSchedule.
5. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha. 175. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf. 18 July 2014.
6. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha. 204. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf. 18 July 2014.
7. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha. 201. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223436/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf. 20 October 2014.
8. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha. 244. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf. 18 July 2014.
9. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha. 258. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf. 18 July 2014.
10. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha. 385. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223646/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf. 20 October 2014.
11. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha. 233. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf. 18 July 2014.
12. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha. 224. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf. 18 July 2014.
13. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha. 281. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf. 20 October 2014.
14. Web site: Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 122. Election Commission of India. 30 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf. 2 August 2013.
15. Web site: Constituencywise-All Candidates . Election Commission of India . 17 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135150/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1 .