Editing Elections in Sikkim (section)

== Assembly Elections ==

=== General elections ===
The general elections took place before [[Sikkim]]'s integration with [[India]].

==== 1953 ====
{{Main|1953 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Total
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|st1t1=6|st2t1=0|st3t1=6
|party2=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes2=|st1t2=0|st2t2=6|st3t2=6
|row3=Appointed members|st1t3=–|st2t3=–|st3t3=6
|total_st1t=6|total_st2t=6|total_st3t=18
|source=<ref name=sdg1953>{{cite journal |journal=Sikkim Darbar Gazette |volume=2 |number=12 |title=Results of elections - 1953 |date=12 May 1953 }}</ref><ref name=TenzingThesis>{{cite thesis |url=http://dspace.cus.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/6961 |title=Monarchy to Democracy Understanding Political Development in Sikkim, 1970-1994 |date=July 2019  |author=Pem Choden Tenzing |access-date= 17 June 2021 |pages=147}}</ref>
}}

==== 1958 ====
{{Main|1958 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Others|seattype4=Total|seattype5=+/–
|party1=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes1=|st1t1=1|st2t1=6|st3t1=0|st4t1=7|st5t1=+1
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes2=|st1t2=5|st2t2=0|st3t2=1|st4t2=6|st5t2=0
|party3=Independent|votes3=|st1t3=0|st2t3=0|st3t3=1|st4t3=1|st5t3=+1
|row4=Appointed members|st1t4=–|st2t4=–|st3t4=–|st4t4=6|st5t4=0
|total_st1t=6|total_st2t=6|total_st3t=2|total_st4t=20|total_st5t=+2
|source=<ref name=sdg1958>{{cite journal |journal=Sikkim Darbar Gazette |volume=8 |number=7 |title=Results of elections - 1958 |date=December 1958 }}</ref><ref name=TenzingThesis/>
}}

==== 1967 ====
{{Main|1967 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes1=|seats1=8|sc1=New
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes2=|seats2=5|sc2=–1
|party3=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=2|sc3=–5
|party4=Others|votes4=|seats4=3|sc4=+3
|row5=[[#Appointed members|Appointed members]]|seats5=6|sc5=–1
|total_sc=+4
|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1967 |date=8 April 1967 |pages=67–68 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

==== 1970 ====
{{Main|1970 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|seats1=8|sc1=+3
|party2=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes2=|seats2=4|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=3|sc3=–5
|party4=Others|votes4=|seats4=3|sc4=0
|row5=Appointed members|seats5=6|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1970 |date=14 May 1970 |pages=59–60 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

==== 1973 ====
{{Main|1973 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|seats1=9|sc1=+1
|party2=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes2=|seats2=5|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Sikkim Janata Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=2|sc3=–
|party4=Independents|votes4=|seats4=2|sc4=–
|row5=Appointed members|seats5=6|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074152/http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Jrp/pdf/133_10.pdf AC Sinha]
}}

==== 1974 ====
{{Main|1974 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Sikkim State Council 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|seats1=31|sc1=+26
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|seats2=1|sc2=–8
|total_sc=+8
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140921002208/http://www.sikkimassembly.org/sikkim_legislative_assembly.html Sikkim Assembly]
}}

=== Legislative Assembly elections ===
==== 1979 ====
{{Main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes1=22776|seats1=16
|party2=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes2=14889|seats2=11
|party3=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes3=11400|seats3=4
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=9534|seats4=0
|party5=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes5=1476|seats5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=241|seats6=0
|party7=[[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]|votes7=85|seats7=0
|party8=Independents|votes8=11938|seats8=1
|invalid=3960
|electorate=117157
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ ECI]
}}

==== 1985 ====
{{Main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=60371|seats1=30|sc1=+14
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=23440|seats2=1|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=913|seats3=0|sc3=0
|party4=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes4=438|seats4=0|sc4=–4
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=336|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=25|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=11534|seats7=1|sc7=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2378
|electorate=155041
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/ ECI]
}}

==== 1989 ====
{{Main|1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=94078|seats1=32|sc1=+2
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=24121|seats2=0|sc2=–1
|party3=[[Rising Sun Party]]|votes3=11472|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party4=Denzong Peoples Chogpi|votes4=298|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=Independents|votes5=3650|seats5=0|sc5=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=5608
|electorate=192619
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/ ECI]
}}

==== 1994 ====
{{Main|1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1994.svg]]
|party1=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]|votes1=72856|seats1=19|sc1=New
|party2=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes2=60851|seats2=10|sc2=–22
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=26045|seats3=2|sc3=+2
|party4=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes4=2906|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes5=274|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=270|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=10255|seats7=1|sc7=+1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=4566
|electorate=217743
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/ ECI]
}}

==== 1999 ====
{{Main|1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2| Party
! No. of candidates
! No. elected<ref name=election1999>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3361-sikkim-1999/ |title=Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
! Votes won
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 2
| 0
| {{formatnum:398}}
| {{percentage|398|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}}|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 31
| 0
| {{formatnum:7512}}
| {{percentage|7512|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 31
| 24
| {{formatnum:107214}}
| {{percentage|107214|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad}}|
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
| 32
| 7
| {{formatnum:85827}}
| {{percentage|85827|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
| Independents
| 9
| 1
| {{formatnum:3976}}
| {{percentage|3976|204927|2}}
|-
| colspan=2|'''Total:'''
| 105
| 32
| {{formatnum:204927}}
|
|-
|}

==== 2004 ====
{{Main|2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
!  Party
!  No. of candidates
!  No. of elected<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceosikkim.nic.in/Files/election%20history/StatisticalReports_SK_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
!  No. of votes
! 
%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 4
| 0
| 667
| {{percentage|667|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 1
| 0
| 144
| {{percentage|144|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 28
| 1
| 51329
| {{percentage|51329|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 32
| 31
| 139662
| {{percentage|139662|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad]]
| 9
| 0
| 1123
| {{percentage|1123|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
| 1
| 0
| 90
| {{percentage|90|196465|2}}
|-
| Independents
| 16
| 0
| 3450
| {{percentage|3450|196465|2}}
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 91
| 32
| 196465
|
|}

==== 2009 ====
{{Main|2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=2|Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 11
| 0
| 1966
| {{percentage|1966|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 3
| 0
| 272
| {{percentage|272|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 32
| 0
| 69612
| {{percentage|69612|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 32
| 32
| 165991
| {{percentage|165991|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad}}"|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 20
| 0
| 5516
| {{percentage|5516|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 11
| 0
| 1065
| {{percentage|1065|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 16
| 0
| 3450
| {{percentage|3450|251851|2}}
|-
|| || SGPP
| 27
| 0
| 2909
| {{percentage|2909|251851|2}}
|-
|| || SJEP
| 6
| 0
| 497
| {{percentage|497|251851|2}}
|-
|colspan=2| '''Total:'''
| 167
| 32
| 251851
|
|-
! colspan=6 | Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202702/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-04|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==== 2014 ====
{{Main|2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election<ref name=ecia>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152823/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Partywise assembly election result status|page=|work=ECI|archive-date=2014-05-17|access-date=2014-05-16|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|-
!colspan=2|Political Party
!Candidates
!Number<br/>of Votes
!Seats Won
!Net Change<br>in seats
!% of Votes
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Sikkim Democratic Front}}
||32||169983||22||{{decrease}}10|| 55.0%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
|32||126024||10||{{increase}}10||40.8%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|32||4390||0||0||1.4%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|13||2208||0||0||0.7%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|7||586||0||0||0.2%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
|5||1227||0||0||0.4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|None of the above}}
| ||4460||-||-||1.4%
|-
|- class="unsortable"
!colspan=2| Total !! !!478,861!! 32!! !!
{{end}}

==== 2019 ====
{{Main|2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
[[File:Sikkim_Assembly_2019.svg]]
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=2|Party
!Contested
!Won
!+/–
!Votes
!%
!+/–
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}"|
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
| align="right" |32
| align="right" |17
| align="right" |{{increase}}7
| align="right" |1,65,508
| align="right" |47.03
| align="right" |6.23{{increase}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
|[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| align="right" |32
| align="right" |15
| align="right" |{{decrease}}7
| align="right" |1,67,620
| align="right" |47.63
| align="right" |7.37{{decrease}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| align="right" |12
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |5,700
| align="right" |1.62
| align="right" |0.92{{increase}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|Indian National Congress]]
| align="right" |24
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |2,721
| align="right" |0.77
| align="right" |0.63{{decrease}}
|-
|bgcolor=darkred|
|[[Hamro Sikkim Party]]
| align="right" |23
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |2,098
| align="right" |0.60
| align="right" |{{steady}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| align="right" |
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |{{steady}}
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| align="right" |  || align="right" |'''32'''|| align="right" |  |||
|
|
|-
| colspan="8" align="left" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/Schedule/Home.htm|title=ECI-ElectionSchedule|publisher=}}</ref>
|}

==== 2024 ====
{{Main|2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 2024.svg]]

|party1=[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
|votes1=225068
|seats1=31
|sw1=
|sc1=+14
|color1=

|party2=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
|votes2=105503
|sw2=
|seats2=1
|sc2=-14
|color2=

|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|votes3=19956
|sw3=
|seats3=
|sc3=
|color3=

|party4=[[Indian National Congress]]
|votes4=1228
|sw4=
|seats4=
|sc4=
|color4=

|party5=[[Citizen Action Party - Sikkim]]
|votes5=23261
|sw5=
|seats5=
|sc5=
|color5=#fcf800

|party6=[[NOTA]]
|votes6=3813
|sw6=
|seats6=
|sc6=
|color6=

|total_sc=

|valid=
|invalid=
|electorate=
|source=[[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceosikkim.nic.in/UploadedFiles/NotificationCirculars/Election%20Gaz%202024.pdf|title=ECI-ElectionSchedule|publisher=}}</ref>
}}