Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency

Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituency which covers the entire area of the state of Sikkim.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Assembly constituencies	32: Yoksam–Tashiding (BL), Yangthang, Maneybong Dentam, Gyalshing-Barnyak, Rinchenpong (BL), Daramdin (BL), Soreng-Chakung, Salghari-Zoom (SC), Barfung (BL), Poklok-Kamrang, Namchi-Singhithang, Melli, Namthang-Rateypani, Temi-Namphing, Rangang-Yangang, Tumin Lingee (BL), Khamdong-Singtam, West Pendam (SC), Rhenock, Chujachen, Gnathang-Machong (BL), Namchaybong, Shyari (BL), Martam-Rumtek (BL), Upper Tadong, Arithang, Gangtok (BL), Upper Burtuk, Kabi Lungchok (BL), Djongu (BL), Lachen-Mangan (BL), and Sangha[1]
Established	1977
Total electors	4,64,140[2]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Indra Hang Subba
Party	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Elected year	2024

Sikkim participated in its first general elections in 1977 after joining the Union in 1975. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Chatra Bahadur Chhetri of the Indian National Congress who was elected unopposed. The current MP is Indra Hang Subba of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, who has represented the constituency since 2019. He was re-elected in 2024.

Most Successful parties from Sikkim Lok Sabha

1. SDF (6 Times) (46%)
2. SSP(3 Times) (23%)
3. SKM(2 Times) (15%)
4. SJP(1 Time) (8%)
5. INC(1 Time) (8%)

Assembly Segments

Since Sikkim has only one Lok Sabha constituency, it comprises all 32 Assembly constituencies of the state.

#	Name	Reserved for (SC/BL/None)	District	MLA	Party
1	Yoksam-Tashiding	BL	West Sikkim	Tshering Thendup Bhutia		SKM
2	Yangthang	None		Bhim Hang Limboo		SKM
3	Maneybong Dentam	None		Sudesh Kumar Subba		SKM
4	Gyalshing-Barnyak	None		Lok Nath Sharma		SKM
5	Rinchenpong	BL		Erung Tenzing Lepcha		SKM
6	Daramdin	BL		Mingma Narbu Sherpa		SKM
7	Soreng-Chakung	None		Aditya Tamang		SKM
8	Salghari-Zoom	SC	West Sikkim & South Sikkim	Madan Cintury		SKM
9	Barfung	BL	South Sikkim	Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia		SKM
10	Poklok-Kamrang	None		Bhoj Raj Rai		SKM
11	Namchi-Singhithang	None		Satish Chandra Rai		SKM
12	Melli	None		Nar Bahadur Pradhan		SKM
13	Namthang-Rateypani	None		Sanjit Kharel		SKM
14	Temi-Namphing	None		Bedu Singh Panth		SKM
15	Rangang-Yangang	None		Raj Kumari Thapa		SKM
16	Tumin Lingee	BL	East Sikkim and South Sikkim	Samdup Tshering Bhutia		SKM
17	Khamdong-Singtam	None	East Sikkim	Nar Bahadur Dahal		SKM
18	West Pendam	SC		Lall Bahadur Das		SKM
19	Rhenock	None		Prem Singh Tamang		SKM
20	Chujachen	None		Puran Kumar Gurung		SKM
21	Gnathang-Machong	BL		Pamin Lepcha		SKM
22	Namchaybong	None		Raju Basnet		SKM
23	Shyari	BL		Tenzing Norbu Lamtha		SKM
24	Martam-Rumtek	BL		Sonam Venchungpa		SKM
25	Upper Tadong	None		G.T. Dhungel		SKM
26	Arithang	None		Arun Kumar Upreti		SKM
27	Gangtok	BL		Delay Namgyal Barfungpa		SKM
28	Upper Burtuk	None		Kala Rai		SKM
29	Kabi Lungchok	BL	North Sikkim district and East Sikkim district	Thenlay Tshering Bhutia		SKM
30	Djongu	BL	North Sikkim	Pintso Namgyal Lepcha		SKM
31	Lachen-Mangan	BL		Samdup Lepcha		SKM
32	Sangha	Sangha		Sonam Lama		SKM

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1977	Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri[3]		Indian National Congress
1980	Pahal Man Subba[4][5]		Sikkim Janata Parishad
1984	Nar Bahadur Bhandari[6]		Independent
1985^	Dil Kumari Bhandari		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	Nandu Thapa[7]
1991	Dil Kumari Bhandari[8]
1996	Bhim Prasad Dahal[9][10][11]		Sikkim Democratic Front
1998
1999
2004	Nakul Das Rai[12]
2009	Prem Das Rai[13][14]
2014
2019	Indra Hang Subba		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2024

^By Poll

Election results

20th century

General election 1977

In the first election after Sikkim joined the Union, Indian National Congress candidate, Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri was elected unopposed.^[3][15][16]

General election 1980

General Election, 1980: Sikkim^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJP	Pahal Man Subba	31,750	61.65	N/A
	SC (R)	R. C. Paudyal	11,632	22.59	N/A
	SPC	Indra Bahudar Rai	5,125	9.95	N/A
	Independent	Ram Prasad Sharma	1,073	2.08	N/A
	INC(U)	Kharananda Adhikari	943	1.83	N/A
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Subba	801	1.56	N/A
	Independent	Damber Kumari Pradhan	179	0.35	N/A
Majority			20,118	39.06	N/A
Turnout			52,895	44.74	N/A
	SJP gain from Independent		Swing

General election 1984

General Election, 1984: Sikkim^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	56,614	68.50	N/A
	INC	Pahal Man Subba	21,327	25.81	N/A
	Independent	Bishnu Kumar Rai	1,717	2.08	N/A
	Independent	Lal Bhadur Basnet	936	1.13	N/A
	CPI	Bhim Bahadur Mishra	843	1.02	N/A
	JP	Ashok Kumar Subba	604	0.73	N/A
	Independent	Phur Tshering Lepcha	495	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Baldeoram Harijan	110	0.13	N/A
Majority			35,287	42.69	3.63
Turnout			86,024	57.64	12.90
	Independent gain from SJP		Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989: Sikkim^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Nandu Thapa	91,608	68.52	N/A
	INC	Dil Kumari Bhandari	28,822	21.56	4.25
	RIS	Ram Chandra Poudyal	12,858	9.62	N/A
	Independent	Sonam Topgyal Gensapa	411	0.31	N/A
Majority			62,786	46.96	4.27
Turnout			138,698	72.01	14.37
	SSP hold		Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Sikkim^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Dil Kumari Bhandari	103,970	90.12	31.60
	Independent	Phur Tshering Lepcha	3,759	3.26	N/A
	CPI(M)	Dukanath Nepal	3,372	2.92	N/A
	Independent	Bharat Basnet	2,688	2.33	N/A
	Independent	Kharga Bhaadur Subba	867	0.75	N/A
	Independent	Mandadara Sharma	536	0.46	N/A
	Independent	Yognidhi Bhandari	181	0.16	N/A
Majority			100,211	86.86	39.90
Turnout			118,502	58.75	13.26
	SSP hold		Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Sikkim^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dahal	124,218	72.15	N/A
	SSP	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	42,175	24.50	65.62
	Independent	Nandalal Gurung	4,263	2.48	N/A
	Independent	Dhan Bahadur Tamang	436	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Krishna Chandra Pradhan	421	0.24	N/A
	Independent	Nabin Chandra Subba	410	0.24	N/A
	Independent	Bhagwan Prasad	251	0.15	N/A
Majority			82,043	47.65	39.21
Turnout			177,440	77.43	18.68
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Sikkim^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dahal	102,440	65.72	6.43
	INC	Sanchaman Subba	51,611	33.11	N/A
	Independent	Om Prakash Bhandari	1,820	1.17	N/A
Majority			50,829	32.61	15.04
Turnout			158,787	67.14	10.29
	SDF hold		Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Sikkim^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Bhim Prasad Dahal	107,828	52.56	13.16
	SSP	Satish Chandra Rai	86,466	42.15	N/A
	INC	Somnath Poudyal	9,762	4.76	28.35
	Independent	Youaraj Rai	1,077	0.53	N/A
Majority			21,362	10.41	22.20
Turnout			208,670	81.71	14.57
	SDF hold		Swing

21st century

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Sikkim^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Nakul Das Rai	153,409	69.84	17.28
	INC	Biraj Adhikari	60,258	27.43	22.67
	SSP	Rajendra P. D. Uprety	3,216	1.46	40.69
	SHRP	Tara Kumar Pradhan	2,765	1.26	N/A
Majority			93,151	42.41	32.00
Turnout			219,648	77.95	3.76
	SDF hold		Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Sikkim^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Prem Das Rai	159,351	63.30	6.54
	INC	Kharananda Upreti	74,483	29.59	2.16
	SHRP	Tara KR. Pradhan	4,639	1.84	0.58
	BJP	Padam Br. Chettri	4,458	1.77	N/A
	Independent	Atri Ram Chandra Poudyal	3687	1.46	N/A
	Sikkim Jan-Ekta	Bhim Subba	2849	1.13	N/A
	Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik	Nar Bahadur Khatiwada	2284	0.91	N/A
Majority			84,868	33.71	8.70
Turnout			251,751	81.00	3.05
	SDF hold		Swing

General election 2014

General Election, 2014: Sikkim^[17][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Prem Das Rai	163,698	52.98	10.32
	SKM	Tek Nath Dhakal	121,956	39.47	N/A
	BJP	Nar Bahadur Khatiwada	7,279	2.36	0.59
	INC	Akar Dhoj Limbu	7,189	2.33	27.26
	NOTA	None of the above	4,332	1.40	N/A
	AAP	Kaushal Rai	2,541	0.82	N/A
	AITC	Nakul Das Rai	1,972	0.64	N/A
Majority			41,742	13.51	20.20
Turnout			308,967	83.37	2.37
	SDF hold		Swing

General election 2019

General Election, 2019: Sikkim^{[18][19][20][21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Indra Hang Subba	166,922	47.23	7.76
	SDF	Dek Bahadur Katwal	154,489	43.71	9.27
	BJP	Laten Tshering Sherpa	16,572	4.69	2.33
Majority			12,433	3.52	9.99
Turnout			353,415	81.41	1.96
	SKM gain from SDF		Swing

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Sikkim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKM	Indra Hang Subba	164,496	42.71	4.52
	CAP-S	Bharat Basnett	83,566	21.71	New
	SDF	Prem Das Rai	77,171	20.05	23.66
	IND	Laten Tshering Sherpa	21,263	5.52	New
	BJP	Dinesh Chandra Nepal	19,035	4.95	0.26
	SRP	Kharga Bahadur Rai	4,799	1.25	New
	IND	Sambhu Chhetri	4,690	1.22	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,527	0.66
	INC	Gopal Chhetri	2,241	0.58
	IND	Nawin Kiran Pradhan	1,166	0.30
	IND	Beena Rai	1,125	0.29	New
	IND	Ravi Chandra Rai	1,123	0.29
	IND	Shyamal Pal	740	0.19	New
	IND	Madhukar Dhakal	532	0.14	New
	IND	Rudra Mani Pradhan	519	0.13	New
Majority			80,830	21	17.48
Turnout			3,84,893	82.93	1.52
	SKM hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha