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'''Legislative Assembly election results of [[Sikkim]]'''<br />
<br />
The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]].<br />
In the Results list, national parties appear first, state parties second and unrecognized parties, last. Results are presented as by the [[Election Commission of India]]. Parties participating as independents are not listed.<br />
<br />
==1974 (Before integration with India)==<br />
{{main|1974 Sikkimese general election}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]<br />
|32<br />
|31<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sikkim National Party]]<br />
|5<br />
|1<br />
|-<br />
|Others<br />
|<br />
|0<br />
|- class="sortbottom"<br />
| '''Total'''<br />
| <br />
| 32<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==1979==<br />
{{main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]] <br/><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| 2<br />
| 0<br />
| 241<br />
| {{percentage|241|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 12<br />
| 0<br />
| 1476<br />
| {{percentage|1476|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Janata Party]]<br />
| 30<br />
| 0<br />
| 9534<br />
| {{percentage|9534|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]<br />
| 2<br />
| 0<br />
| 85<br />
| {{percentage|85|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]<br />
| 27<br />
| 11<br />
| 14889<br />
| {{percentage|14889|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 16<br />
| 22776<br />
| {{percentage|22776|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 4<br />
| 11400<br />
| {{percentage|11400|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 108<br />
| 1<br />
| 11938<br />
| {{percentage|11938|72339|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 244<br />
| 32<br />
| 72339<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==1985==<br />
{{main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| 2<br />
| 0<br />
| 25<br />
| {{percentage|25|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 0<br />
| 336<br />
| {{percentage|336|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 1<br />
| 23440<br />
| {{percentage|23440|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Janata Party]]<br />
| 20<br />
| 0<br />
| 913<br />
| {{percentage|913|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]<br />
| 14<br />
| 0<br />
| 438<br />
| {{percentage|438|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 30<br />
| 60371<br />
| {{percentage|60371|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 94<br />
| 1<br />
| 11534<br />
| {{percentage|11534|97057|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 195<br />
| 32<br />
| 97057<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==1989==<br />
{{main|1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 0<br />
| 24121<br />
| {{percentage|24121|133619|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rising Sun Party]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 0<br />
| 11472<br />
| {{percentage|11472|133619|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 32<br />
| 94078<br />
| {{percentage|94078|133619|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Denzong Peoples Chogpi]]<br />
| 4<br />
| 0<br />
| 298<br />
| {{percentage|298|133619|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 20<br />
| 0<br />
| 3650<br />
| {{percentage|3650|133619|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 118<br />
| 32<br />
| 133619<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==1994==<br />
{{main|1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] <br/><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| 3<br />
| 0<br />
| 274<br />
| {{percentage|274|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| 2<br />
| 0<br />
| 270<br />
| {{percentage|270|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 2<br />
| 26045<br />
| {{percentage|26045|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<br />
| 11<br />
| 0<br />
| 2906<br />
| {{percentage|2906|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 19<br />
| 72856<br />
| {{percentage|72856|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 10<br />
| 60851<br />
| {{percentage|60851|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 76<br />
| 1<br />
| 10255<br />
| {{percentage|10255|173457|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 186<br />
| 32<br />
| 173457<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==1999==<br />
{{main|1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : Pawan Chamling <br/><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| 2<br />
| 0<br />
| 398<br />
| {{percentage|398|204927|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 0<br />
| 7512<br />
| {{percentage|7512|204927|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| 31<br />
| 24<br />
| 107214<br />
| {{percentage|107214|204927|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 7<br />
| 85827<br />
| {{percentage|85827|204927|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 9<br />
| 1<br />
| 3976<br />
| {{percentage|3976|204927|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 105<br />
| 32<br />
| 204927<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==2004==<br />
{{main|2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! <br />
%<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| 4<br />
| 0<br />
| 667<br />
| {{percentage|667|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 0<br />
| 144<br />
| {{percentage|144|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 28<br />
| 1<br />
| 51329<br />
| {{percentage|51329|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 31<br />
| 139662<br />
| {{percentage|139662|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad]]<br />
| 9<br />
| 0<br />
| 1123<br />
| {{percentage|1123|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 0<br />
| 90<br />
| {{percentage|90|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| Independents<br />
| 16<br />
| 0<br />
| 3450<br />
| {{percentage|3450|196465|2}}<br />
|-<br />
| '''Total:'''<br />
| 91<br />
| 32<br />
| 196465<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==2009==<br />
{{main|2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling<br />
<br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
! No. of candidates<br />
! No. of elected<br />
! No. of votes<br />
! %<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| 11<br />
| 0<br />
| 1966<br />
| {{percentage|1966|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| 3<br />
| 0<br />
| 272<br />
| {{percentage|272|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 0<br />
| 69612<br />
| {{percentage|69612|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}"|<br />
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| 32<br />
| 32<br />
| 165991<br />
| {{percentage|165991|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/color}}"|<br />
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| 20<br />
| 0<br />
| 5516<br />
| {{percentage|5516|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}"|<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]<br />
| 11<br />
| 0<br />
| 1065<br />
| {{percentage|1065|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| 16<br />
| 0<br />
| 3450<br />
| {{percentage|3450|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|||| SGPP<br />
| 27<br />
| 0<br />
| 2909<br />
| {{percentage|2909|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|||| SJEP<br />
| 6<br />
| 0<br />
| 497<br />
| {{percentage|497|251851|2}}<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2| '''Total:'''<br />
| 167<br />
| 32<br />
| 251851<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== 2014 ==<br />
{{main|2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] <br/><br />
{{Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2014}}<br />
<br />
== 2019 ==<br />
{{main|2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
Chief Minister : Shri Tamang (a.k.a. Golay) <br/><br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
!Contested<br />
!Won<br />
!+/–<br />
!Votes<br />
!%<br />
!+/–<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]<br />
| align="right" |32<br />
| align="right" |17<br />
| align="right" |{{increase}}7<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |47.03<br />
| align="right" |6.23{{increase}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]<br />
| align="right" |32<br />
| align="right" |12<br />
| align="right" |{{decrease}}7<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |47.63<br />
| align="right" |7.37{{decrease}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor=darkred|<br />
|[[Hamro Sikkim Party]]<br />
| align="right" |32<br />
| align="right" |0<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| align="right" |32<br />
| align="right" |0<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |0.77<br />
| align="right" |0.63{{decrease}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| align="right" |32<br />
| align="right" |2<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |1.62<br />
| align="right" |0.92{{increase}}<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |0<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |<br />
| align="right" |{{steady}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| align="right" | || align="right" |'''32'''|| align="right" | |||<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 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><br />
|}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Sikkimese elections}}<br />
{{Indian elections}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Elections in Sikkim| ]]</div>
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