Sikkim Sangram Parishad Explained
Sikkim Sangram Parishad is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. In 1979, after a period of instability, a ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari from Sikkim Janata Parishad party gained power in Sikkim. In 1984, Bhandari dissolved Sikkim Janata Parishad and formed a new party called Sikkim Sangram Parishad. Sikkim Sangram Parishad held on to power in the 1984 and 1989 elections, but after that lost to Sikkim Democratic Front, which has swept the elections since 1999. Sikkim Sangram Parishad did not win any seats in the state assembly in the 2004 elections. Nar Bahadur Bhandari has merged Sikkim Sangram Parishad with the Indian National Congress and he became the president of the Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC).
In 2013, Nar Bahadur Bhandari revived the Sikkim Sangram Parishad again.
This party had won state election two times in 1984 and 1989.
Electoral records
- Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
| Year | Total Seats | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Forfeited Deposits | % Votes Contested | Source |
|---|
| 1985 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 62.20 | [2] |
| 1989 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 70.41 | [3] |
| 1994 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 35.41 | [4] |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 41.88 | [5] |
| 2004 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.01 | [6] | |
- Lok Sabha election, Sikkim
| Year | Total Seats | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Forfeited Deposits | % Votes Contested | Source |
|---|
| 1985 (by-election) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | uncontested | |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68.52 | [7] |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90.12 | [8] |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.50 | [9] |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.15 | [10] |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.46 | [11] | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Political democracy and Sikkim democratic front : a study . 2014 . Sapna Gurung . 16 February 2022 . 137 . Bhandari came out with a new state political outfit called SSP with his own red and white flag and an elephant as its election symbol in 1984.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 25 November 2019. 1985.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 18 November 2019. 1989.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 18 November 2019. 1994.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 25 November 2019. 1999.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM. ECI. 18 November 2019. 2004.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf. 18 July 2014.
- 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.
- 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/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf. 18 July 2014.
