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

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1958

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1967

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1970

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1973

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1974

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Legislative Assembly elections

1979

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1985

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1989

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1994

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1999

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Party		No. of candidates	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Votes won	%
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	398	Template:Percentage
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Indian National Congress	31	0	7,512	Template:Percentage
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Sikkim Democratic Front	31	24	107,214	Template:Percentage
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	7	85,827	Template:Percentage
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independents	9	1	3,976	Template:Percentage
Total:		105	32	204,927

2004

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Party	No. of candidates	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	667	Template:Percentage
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	144	Template:Percentage
Indian National Congress	28	1	51329	Template:Percentage
Sikkim Democratic Front	32	31	139662	Template:Percentage
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad	9	0	1123	Template:Percentage
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	1	0	90	Template:Percentage
Independents	16	0	3450	Template:Percentage
Total:	91	32	196465

2009

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Party		No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	11	0	1966	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	0	272	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	32	0	69612	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	32	165991	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Sikkim Democratic Front	20	0	5516	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Nationalist Congress Party	11	0	1065	Template:Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Independent	16	0	3450	Template:Percentage
	SGPP	27	0	2909	Template:Percentage
	SJEP	6	0	497	Template:Percentage
Total:		167	32	251851
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2014

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2019

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Party		Contested	Won	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	17	Template:Increase7	1,65,508	47.03	6.23Template:Increase
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	15	Template:Decrease7	1,67,620	47.63	7.37Template:Decrease
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	0	Template:Steady	5,700	1.62	0.92Template:Increase
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	24	0	Template:Steady	2,721	0.77	0.63Template:Decrease
	Hamro Sikkim Party	23	0	Template:Steady	2,098	0.60	Template:Steady
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Independents		0	Template:Steady			Template:Steady
Total			32
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2024

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Table Summary

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

Loksabha Election

Election	Member	Party
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1984	Nar Bahadur Bhandari<ref name=NBB>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Full party name with color
1985	Dil Kumari Bhandari	Template:Full party name with color
1989	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Dil Kumari Bhandari<ref name=DKB>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	Bhim Prasad Dahal<ref name=BPD1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=BPD2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=BPD3>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Full party name with color
1998
1999
2004	Nakul Das Rai<ref name=NDR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Prem Das Rai<ref name=PDR1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=PDR2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014
2019	Indra Hang Subba	Template:Full party name with color
2024