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	==History ==		==History ==
	The party was founded by [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] in 1993. It has ruled the Sikkim state ~~since~~ 1994 with Pawan Kumar Chamling as the [[Chief Minister (India)\|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>{{cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2010-10-01 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp \|archive-date=5 October 2010 \|df=dmy-all }} 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 Election Results 2009</ref> In 2014 assembly elections, SDF won 22 seats and retained power.		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 (India)\|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>{{cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2010-10-01 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp \|archive-date=5 October 2010 \|df=dmy-all }} 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 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>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in}}</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>http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html</ref>		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>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in\|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</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>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html\|title = Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMS, forms alliance\|date = 25 May 2016}}</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>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP]</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch]</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>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]{{Dead link\|date=February 2022 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP]</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch]</ref>

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	\| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2019]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 15 \|\| 0 \|\| 47.63 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=SKM ends Chamling's 25-year rule\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece\|newspaper=FRONTLINE\|access-date=26 November 2019\|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>		\| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2019]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 15 \|\| 0 \|\| 47.63 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=SKM ends Chamling's 25-year rule\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece\|newspaper=FRONTLINE\|access-date=26 November 2019\|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
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	\| 2019 (by-election) \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 15.18 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Martam-Rumtek bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209539158382/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=19 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>		\| 2019 (by-election) \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 15.18 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/129055160573838/1943209899158346 \|archive-date=2022-02-26 \|url-access=limited\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Martam-Rumtek bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209539158382/?type=3&theater \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/129055160573838/1943209539158382 \|archive-date=2022-02-26 \|url-access=limited\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=19 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/129055160573838/1943209019158434 \|archive-date=2022-02-26 \|url-access=limited\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://ceosikkim.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim]		* [http://ceosikkim.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim]
			* [https://sikkimassembly.org.in/ Sikkim Assembly, Sikkim]

	==References==		==References==

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	\| party_name = Sikkim Democratic Front		\| party_name = Sikkim Democratic Front
	\|colorcode = {{Sikkim Democratic Front~~/meta/color~~}}		\|colorcode = {{party color\|Sikkim Democratic Front}}
	\| party_logo = [[File:Sikkim-Democratic-Front-flag.svg\|200px]]		\| party_logo = [[File:Sikkim-Democratic-Front-flag.svg\|200px]]
	\| president = [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]		\| president = [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]
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	\| rajyasabha_leader = [[Hishey Lachungpa]]		\| rajyasabha_leader = [[Hishey Lachungpa]]
	\| foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|1993\|03\|04}}		\| foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|1993\|03\|04}}
	\| alliance = National Democratic Alliance ~~<ref>https://thewire.in/politics/interview~~-~~pawan-kumar-chamling-sikkim</ref>~~		\| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]] (2014-2019)
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	\| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|245\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|245\|hex={{party color\|Sikkim Democratic Front}}}}
	\| state_seats_name = [[Legislative Assembly of Sikkim\|Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]		\| state_seats_name = [[Legislative Assembly of Sikkim\|Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
	\| state_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|32\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\| state_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|32\|hex={{party color\|Sikkim Democratic Front}}}}
	\| ideology = [[Democratic socialism]]		\| ideology = [[Democratic socialism]]
	\| position = [[Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing]]		\| position = [[Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing]]
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	\| rajyasabha_leader = [[Hishey Lachungpa]]		\| rajyasabha_leader = [[Hishey Lachungpa]]
	\| foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|1993\|03\|04}}		\| foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|1993\|03\|04}}
	\| alliance =		\| alliance = National Democratic Alliance <ref>https://thewire.in/politics/interview-pawan-kumar-chamling-sikkim</ref>
	\| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|0\|543\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}}}		\| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|0\|543\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}}}
	\| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|245\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}}}		\| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar\|1\|245\|hex={{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}}}
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	\| eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=9 May 2013\|location=India\|year=2013}}</ref>		\| eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=9 May 2013\|location=India\|year=2013}}</ref>
	\| publication =		\| publication =
	\| symbol =		\| symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Umberlla.png\|100px]]
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	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>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in}}</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>http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html</ref>		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>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in}}</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>http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html</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 [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and in the same month two other legislators joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]. Thus making [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] only MLA of ~~from the~~ party.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP]</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch]</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>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP]</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch]</ref>

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	\| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2009]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 0 \|\| 67.52 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=31 October 2019\|year=2009}}</ref>		\| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2009]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 0 \|\| 67.52 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=31 October 2019\|year=2009}}</ref>
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	\| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2009]] (by-election) \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 80.77 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title= ~~SDF’s~~ Binod Rai wins by securing 4930 votes \|url= http://sikkimnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/sdfs-binod-rai-wins-by-securing-4930.html \|newspaper=The Sikkim Times\|access-date=2 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>		\| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2009]] (by-election) \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 80.77 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title= SDF's Binod Rai wins by securing 4930 votes \|url= http://sikkimnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/sdfs-binod-rai-wins-by-securing-4930.html \|newspaper=The Sikkim Times\|access-date=2 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
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	\| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2014]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 22 \|\| 0 \|\| 56.74 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=25 November 2019\|year=2014}}</ref>		\| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2014]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 22 \|\| 0 \|\| 56.74 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=25 November 2019\|year=2014}}</ref>
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	\| 2017 (by-election) \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 90.15 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=Bye Election Result 2017: Sikkim 28- Upper Burtuk (AC)\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2600-bye-election-result-2017-sikkim-28-upper-burtuk-ac/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=18 November 2019\|year=2018}}</ref>		\| 2017 (by-election) \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 90.15 \|\| <ref>{{cite web\|title=Bye Election Result 2017: Sikkim 28- Upper Burtuk (AC)\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2600-bye-election-result-2017-sikkim-28-upper-burtuk-ac/\|publisher=ECI\|access-date=18 November 2019\|year=2018}}</ref>
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	\| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2019]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 15 \|\| 0 \|\| 47.63 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=SKM ends ~~Chamling’s~~ 25-year rule\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece\|newspaper=FRONTLINE\|access-date=26 November 2019\|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>		\| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|2019]] \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 15 \|\| 0 \|\| 47.63 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=SKM ends Chamling's 25-year rule\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece\|newspaper=FRONTLINE\|access-date=26 November 2019\|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
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	\| 2019 (by-election) \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 15.18 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Martam-Rumtek bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209539158382/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=19 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>		\| 2019 (by-election) \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 15.18 \|\| <ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Martam-Rumtek bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209539158382/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=19 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll\|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater\|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)\|access-date=22 November 2019\|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

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{{short description|Political party in India}}
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Sikkim Democratic Front
|colorcode = {{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}
| party_logo = [[File:Sikkim-Democratic-Front-flag.svg|200px]]
| president = [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]
| secretary =
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| loksabha_leader = None
| rajyasabha_leader = [[Hishey Lachungpa]]
| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1993|03|04}}
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| state_seats_name = [[Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
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| ideology = [[Democratic socialism]]
| position = [[Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing]]
| headquarters =S.D.F Bhawan, Indira Byepass [[Gangtok]], Sikkim
| eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
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'''Sikkim Democratic Front''' ('''SDF''') is a regional political party in the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Sikkim]]. It was the ruling party in [[Sikkim]] from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019.

==History ==
The party was founded by [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] in 1993. It has ruled the Sikkim state since 1994 with Pawan Kumar Chamling as the [[Chief Minister (India)|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>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=5 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }} 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 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>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in}}</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>http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html</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 [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and in the same month two other legislators joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]. Thus making [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] only MLA of from the party.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP]</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch]</ref>

==Frontal Organisation==
*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 Minister ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope=col| No
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col colspan=2| Term
!scope=col| Tenure
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 1
| [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]<br /><small>MLA form [[Namchi-Singhithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchi-Singhithang]]</small>
| 12 December 1994
| 23 May 2019
|{{Age in days|1994|12|12}} Days
|-
|}

== Electoral records ==
; [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] election
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year || Total Seats || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Forfeited Deposits || % Votes contested || Source
|-
| [[1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1994]] || 32 || 32 || 19 || 1 || 42.00 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1994}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1999]] || 32 || 31 || 24 || 0 || 52.83 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3361-sikkim-1999/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=1999}}</ref>
|-
| [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2004]] || 32 || 32 || 31 || 0 || 71.09 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3363-sikkim-2004/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=2004}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2009]] || 32 || 32 || 32 || 0 || 67.52 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/|publisher=ECI|access-date=31 October 2019|year=2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2009]] (by-election) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 80.77 || <ref>{{cite news|title= SDF’s Binod Rai wins by securing 4930 votes |url= http://sikkimnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/sdfs-binod-rai-wins-by-securing-4930.html |newspaper=The Sikkim Times|access-date=2 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2014]] || 32 || 32 || 22 || 0 || 56.74 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 (by-election) || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 43.68 || <ref>{{cite web|title=Bye Election Result 2014: Sikkim Rangang-Yangang-15|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2755-bye-election-result-2014-sikkim-rangang-yangang-15/|publisher=ECI|access-date=26 November 2019|year=2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 (by-election) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 90.15 || <ref>{{cite web|title=Bye Election Result 2017: Sikkim 28- Upper Burtuk (AC)|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2600-bye-election-result-2017-sikkim-28-upper-burtuk-ac/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]] || 32 || 32 || 15 || 0 || 47.63 || <ref>{{cite news|title=SKM ends Chamling’s 25-year rule|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece|newspaper=FRONTLINE|access-date=26 November 2019|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 (by-election) || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 15.18 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)|access-date=22 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Final result of Martam-Rumtek bye-poll|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209539158382/?type=3&theater|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)|access-date=19 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)|access-date=22 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
|}

; [[Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lok Sabha election, Sikkim]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Total Seats
! Seats Contested
! Seats Won
! Forfeited Deposits
! % Votes contested
! Source
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 72.15
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha|page=385|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 65.72
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha|page=233| publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 52.56
| <ref name=BPD3>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha|page=224| publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 69.84
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha|page=281|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 63.30
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results|page=122|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 52.98
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135150/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1|archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 43.92
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Sikkim Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live|url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/sikkim/sikkim-election-result-s21p01/|newspaper=News 18|access-date=20 November 2019|date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Assembly Election Results of Sikkim|Elections in Sikkim]]

==External links==
* [http://ceosikkim.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim]

==References==
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