Kedar Nath Rai Explained

Kedar Nath Rai is a leader of Sikkim Democratic Front. He is the Speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the assembly from Poklok-Kamrang. Rai had earlier served as minister in the Government of Sikkim. He has also been elected from Jorethang during term of 2004–09.^[1]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2014	Poklok–Kamrang			68.85%	Bhoj Raj Rai		28.63%
2004	Jorthang–Nayabazar		81.71%	Purna Kumari Rai		15.96%	^[2]
1999	Wak		64.91%	Manoj Rai		33.27%	^[3]
1994			51.71%	Bedu Singh Panth	33.01%	^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: K.N. RAI new speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha deputy speaker Sikkim First . 28 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810131440/http://sikkimfirst.in/2014/05/28/k-n-rai-new-speaker-of-sikkim-legislative-assembly-sonam-gyatso-lepcha-deputy-speaker/ . 10 August 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006151710/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_SK_2004.pdf. 6 October 2010. 15 February 2024.
3. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007144437/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf . 7 October 2010. 15 February 2024. pdf.
4. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007184813/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf. 7 October 2010. 15 February 2024. pdf.