Sikkim Prajatantra Congress Explained

Sikkim Prajatantra Congress (Sikkim Democratic Congress) is a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. Pawan Chamling, the current leader of Sikkim Democratic Front and Sikkim Chief Minister, was the treasurer of SPC 1978–1984. In the state assembly elections 1979 SPC had launched candidates in all 32 constituencies, and won four seats. The party got 11,400 votes (15,76%).

In the state assembly elections 1985 SPC had launched 14 candidates, whom together only mustered 438 votes. By that time Chamling had crossed over to Sikkim Sangram Parishad.

Electoral records

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Year	Total Seats	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Forfeited Deposits	% Votes contested	Source
1979	32	32	4	19	15.76	^[1]
1985	32	14	0	14	0.99	^[2]

Lok Sabha election, Sikkim

Notes and References

1. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1979 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 25 November 2019. 1979.
2. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 25 November 2019. 1985.
3. 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.