| Karma Loday Bhutia | |
| Office: | Minister of Forest and Environment of Sikkim |
| Term Start: | 27 May 2019 |
| Term End: | 10 June 2024 |
| Governor: | Lakshman Acharya Ganga Prasad |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Predecessor: | Tshering Wangdi Lepcha |
| Successor: | Pintso Namgyal Lepcha |
| Office1: | Minister of Mines and Geology of Sikkim |
| Termstart1: | 27 May 2019 |
| Termend1: | 10 June 2024 |
| Governor1: | Lakshman Acharya Ganga Prasad |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Predecessor1: | Tshering Wangdi Lepcha |
| Successor1: | Pintso Namgyal Lepcha |
| Office2: | Minister of Science and Technology of Sikkim |
| Termstart2: | 27 May 2019 |
| Termend2: | 10 June 2024 |
| Governor2: | Lakshman Acharya Ganga Prasad |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Predecessor2: | Tshering Wangdi Lepcha |
| Successor2: | Pintso Namgyal Lepcha |
| Office3: | Member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly |
| Termstart3: | 3 June 2019 |
| Termend3: | 2 June 2024 |
| Predecessor3: | Ugen Nedup Bhutia |
| Successor3: | Thenlay Tshering Bhutia |
| Birth Name: | Karma Loday Bhutia |
| Party: | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |
| Otherparty: | Sikkim Democratic Front |
| Alma Mater: | B.A, North Bengal University |
| Profession: | Retired government employee |
Karma Loday Bhutia is an Indian politician from Sikkim. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly in 2019.
In 2019 Bhutia stood for election on a Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) ticket from the Kabi Lungchok seat in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. He won against the Sikkim Democratic Front candidate, Ugen Nedup Bhutia by a margin of over 1437 votes in the 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election. Following his victory, Bhutia was inducted in the P. S. Golay's Cabinet with the following portfolios: forest and environment; mines and geology; and science and technology.[1] [2] [3] [4]
For the 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, Bhutia was denied SKM party ticket to represent the same constituency.[5] SKM instead chose Thenlay Tshering Bhutia to represent the party in the assembly seat, who eventually won the election.[6] Few days after the results were declared, SKM expelled Karma Bhutia from the party for engaging it anti-party activities after being denied the ticket to represent the seat.
On 5th November 2023, at the annual convention of the Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee, Bhutia called for a proportionate increase of Bhutia Lepcha seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Then, the community held 13 seats, including the Sangha seat.[7]