Elections in Sikkim

Elections in Sikkim have been held in the Indian state of Sikkim between 1953 and 1974, before its integration with India, and since 1979 after its integration. The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha.

Assembly Elections

General elections

The general elections took place before Sikkim's integration with India.

1953

Main article: 1953 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats
		Bhutia-Lepcha	Nepali	Total
	Sikkim National Party	6	0	6
	Sikkim State Congress	0	6	6
Appointed members		–	–	6
Total		6	6	18
Source: [1][2]

1958

Main article: 1958 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats
		Bhutia-Lepcha	Nepali	Others	Total	+/–
	Sikkim State Congress	1	6	0	7	+1
	Sikkim National Party	5	0	1	6	0
	Independent	0	0	1	1	+1
Appointed members		–	–	–	6	0
Total		6	6	2	20	+2
Source: [3][2]

1967

Main article: 1967 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Congress	8	New
	Sikkim National Party	5	–1
	Sikkim State Congress	2	–5
	Others	3	+3
Appointed members		6	–1
Total		24	+4
Source: [4]

1970

Main article: 1970 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Party	8	+3
	Sikkim State Congress	4	+2
	Sikkim National Congress	3	–5
	Others	3	0
Appointed members		6	0
Total		24	0
Source: [5]

1973

Main article: 1973 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Party	9	+1
	Sikkim National Congress	5	+2
	Sikkim Janata Congress	2	–
	Independents	2	–
Appointed members		6	0
Total		24	0
Source: AC Sinha

1974

Main article: 1974 Sikkimese general election

Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Congress	31	+26
	Sikkim National Party	1	–8
Total		32	+8
Source: Sikkim Assembly

Legislative Assembly elections

1979

Main article: 1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	22,776	31.49	16
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	14,889	20.58	11
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	11,400	15.76	4
	Janata Party	9,534	13.18	0
	Indian National Congress	1,476	2.04	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	241	0.33	0
	Sikkim Scheduled Caste League	85	0.12	0
	Independents	11,938	16.50	1
Total		72,339	100.00	32
Valid votes		72,339	94.81
Invalid/blank votes		3,960	5.19
Total votes		76,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		117,157	65.13
Source: ECI

1985

Main article: 1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,371	62.20	30	+14
	Indian National Congress	23,440	24.15	1	+1
	Janata Party	913	0.94	0	0
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	438	0.45	0	–4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	336	0.35	0	0
	Communist Party of India	25	0.03	0	New
	Independents	11,534	11.88	1	0
Total		97,057	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		97,057	97.61
Invalid/blank votes		2,378	2.39
Total votes		99,435	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		155,041	64.13
Source: ECI

1989

Main article: 1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	94,078	70.41	32	+2
	Indian National Congress	24,121	18.05	0	–1
	Rising Sun Party	11,472	8.59	0	New
	Denzong Peoples Chogpi	298	0.22	0	New
	Independents	3,650	2.73	0	–1
Total		133,619	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		133,619	95.97
Invalid/blank votes		5,608	4.03
Total votes		139,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192,619	72.28
Source: ECI

1994

Main article: 1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Democratic Front	72,856	42.00	19	New
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,851	35.08	10	–22
	Indian National Congress	26,045	15.02	2	+2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,906	1.68	0	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	274	0.16	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	270	0.16	0	New
	Independents	10,255	5.91	1	+1
Total		173,457	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		173,457	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,566	2.56
Total votes		178,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,743	81.76
Source: ECI

1999

Main article: 1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		No. of candidates	No. elected[6]	Votes won	%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	398	0.19%
	Indian National Congress	31	0	7,512	3.67%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	31	24	107,214	52.32%
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	7	85,827	41.88%
	Independents	9	1	3,976	1.94%
Total:		105	32	204,927

2004

Main article: 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected[7]	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	667	0.34%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	144	0.07%
Indian National Congress	28	1	51329	26.13%
Sikkim Democratic Front	32	31	139662	71.09%
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad	9	0	1123	0.57%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	1	0	90	0.05%
Independents	16	0	3450	1.76%
Total:	91	32	196465

2009

Main article: 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	11	0	1966	0.78%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	0	272	0.11%
	Indian National Congress	32	0	69612	27.64%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	32	165991	65.91%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	20	0	5516	2.19%
	Nationalist Congress Party	11	0	1065	0.42%
	Independent	16	0	3450	1.37%
	SGPP	27	0	2909	1.16%
	SJEP	6	0	497	0.2%
Total:		167	32	251851
Source: Election Commission of India[8]

2014

Main article: 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election^[9]

Political Party		Candidates	Number of Votes	Seats Won	Net Change in seats	% of Votes
	SDF	32	169983	22	10	55.0%
	SKM	32	126024	10	10	40.8%
	INC	32	4390	0	0	1.4%
	BJP	13	2208	0	0	0.7%
	AITC	7	586	0	0	0.2%
	Independent	5	1227	0	0	0.4
	NOTA		4460	-	-	1.4%
Total			478,861	32

2019

Main article: 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Contested	Won	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	17	7	1,65,508	47.03	6.23
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	15	7	1,67,620	47.63	7.37
	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	0		5,700	1.62	0.92
	Indian National Congress	24	0		2,721	0.77	0.63
	Hamro Sikkim Party	23	0		2,098	0.60
	Independents		0
Total			32
Source: Election Commission of India[10]

2024

Main article: 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	225,068	59.41	31	+14
	Sikkim Democratic Front	105,503	27.85	1	-14
	Bharatiya Janata Party	19,956	5.27	–	–
	Indian National Congress	1,228	0.32	–	–
	Citizen Action Party - Sikkim	23,261	6.14	–	–
	NOTA	3,813	1.01	–	–
Total		378,829	100.00	32	–
Source: Election Commission of India[11]

Table Summary

Election year	Vidhan Sabha election	1st party		2nd party		Others	Total seats	Chief minister	CM's party
1979	Second Assembly		SJP 16		SCR 11	SPC 4,IND. 1	32	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		SJP
1985	Third Assembly		SSP 30		INC 1	IND 1	32			SSP
1989	Fourth Assembly		SSP 32				32
1994	Fifth Assembly		SDF 19		SSP 10	INC 2,IND 1	32	Pawan Kumar Chamling		SDF
1999	Sixth Assembly		SDF 24		SSP 7	IND 1	32
2004	Seventh Assembly		SDF 31		INC 1		32
2009	Eighth Assembly		SDF 32				32
2014	Ninth Assembly		SDF 22		SKM 10		32
2019	Tenth Assembly		SKM 17		SDF 15		32	Prem Singh Tamang		SKM
2024	Eleventh Assembly		SKM 31		SDF 1		32

Loksabha Election

Election	Member	Party
1977	Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri[12]		Indian National Congress
1980	Pahal Man Subba[13]		Sikkim Janata Parishad
1984	Nar Bahadur Bhandari[14]		Independent
1985	Dil Kumari Bhandari		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	Nandu Thapa[15]
1991	Dil Kumari Bhandari[16]
1996	Bhim Prasad Dahal[17][18][19]		Sikkim Democratic Front
1998
1999
2004	Nakul Das Rai[20]
2009	Prem Das Rai[21][22]
2014
2019	Indra Hang Subba		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2024