Sikkim Democratic Front
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Indian Political Party Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019.
HistoryEdit
The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled the Sikkim state from 1994 to 2019 with Pawan Kumar Chamling as the chief minister. The party consolidated its position sweeping the 1999 and 2004 state elections. It won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in the 2004 election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Election Commission of India - Sikkim Assembly Elections</ref> In the 2009 assembly election, the party made a clean sweep, winning all 32 seats. It also retained the lone Lok Sabha seat.<ref>http://ceosikkim.nic.in/Index.htm Template:Webarchive Election Results 2009</ref> In 2014 assembly elections, SDF won 22 seats and retained power.
In May 2016, after the BJP led NDA formed its first government in Assam, a new alliance called the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) was formed with BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma as its convener.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland too belong to this alliance. Thus, the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the NDA led NEDA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pawan Kumar Chamling resigned as CM after 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as former member Prem Singh Tamang's Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. But in August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and in the same month two other legislators joined Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. Thus making Pawan Kumar Chamling the only MLA of his party.<ref>BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seatTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The party won only 1 seat in the 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, with former CM Pawan Kumar Chamling losing the election from both the seats he contested. Later, its only MLA defected to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, thus reducing its strength in the legislative assembly to zero.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Frontal OrganisationEdit
- Youth Wing
- Student's Wing
- Women's Wing
- Labour Wing
- Cultivators and Organic Farmers Wing
- Ex-servicemen Wing
- Scheduled Tribe Welfare Wing
- Scheduled Caste Welfare Wing
- Drivers Wing
- Traders Wing
List of Chief MinisterEdit
| № | Name | Term | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawan Kumar Chamling (MLA from Namchi-Singhithang) |
12 December 1994 | 23 May 2019 | Template:Age in years and days |
Electoral recordsEdit
- Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
| Year | Total Seats | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Forfeited Deposits | % Votes contested | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 32 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 42.00 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1999 | 32 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 52.83 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 71.09 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2009 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 67.52 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2009 (by-election) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80.77 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 56.74 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2014 (by-election) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.68 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2017 (by-election) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90.15 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2019 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 47.63 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| 2019 (by-election) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15.18 | <ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> | ||
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 27.37 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Year | Total Seats | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Forfeited Deposits | % Votes contested | Source | |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72.15 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.72 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.56 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.84 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63.30 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.98 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.92 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.05 | citation | CitationClass=web
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