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| seats_for_election = All 32 Assembly Constituencies
| seats_for_election = All 32 Assembly Constituencies
| turnout = 83.78%<ref>SDF is being marked as part of UPA for the purpose of this Infobox since they provide support to the UPA Government at the centre. However, they are not officially part of the UPA and did not fight the Sikkim election alongside the UPA {{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524073847/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-24|title= All my State wants is justice: Chamling |date=2009-05-20|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-28}}</ref>
| turnout = 83.78%<ref>SDF is being marked as part of UPA for the purpose of this Infobox since they provide support to the UPA Government at the centre. However, they are not officially part of the UPA and did not fight the Sikkim election alongside the UPA {{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524073847/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-24|title= All my State wants is justice: Chamling |date=2009-05-20|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-28}}</ref>
| image1 =  
 
| image1 = Indian Election Symbol Umberlla.png
| leader1 = [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]
| leader1 = [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]
| leader_since1 = 1994
| leader_since1 = 1994
| party1 = Sikkim Democratic Front(SDF)
| party1 = Sikkim Democratic Front
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat1 = Poklok-kamrang
| leaders_seat1 = Poklok-kamrang
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| percentage1 = 65.91%
| percentage1 = 65.91%
| swing1 = -5.18%
| swing1 = -5.18%
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| image2 = Hand INC.svg
| leader2 = [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
| leader2 = [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
| leader_since2 =  
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| percentage2 = 27.64%
| percentage2 = 27.64%
| swing2 = +1.51%
| swing2 = +1.51%
<!-- Election Map -->| map_image = Location map India Sikkim.svg
<!-- Election Map -->| map_image = Location map India Sikkim.svg
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==Previous Assembly==
==Previous Assembly==
In the [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], the SDF almost had a clean-sweep winning 31 of the 32 seats in the state. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] was the only other party to win any seats, winning the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]] seat that is reserved for the monks and nuns of Sikkim's many monasteries. P.K. Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous two Governments in Sikkim having first formed the Government after the 1994 election, when they won 19 seats within a year of the party being formed),<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410003205/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> and then again after the 1999 election, when they increased their tally to 24 seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410001824/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> Chamling's third term began on May 21, 2004 when he and his 11cabinate ministers were sworn in by the then [[Governor of Sikkim]] [[V. Rama Rao]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702212205/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-02|title= Will strive to remove urban, rural disparities: Chamling |last=Dam|first=Marcus|date=2009-05-21|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-28}}</ref>
In the [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], the SDF almost had a clean-sweep winning 31 of the 32 seats in the state. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] was the only other party to win any seats, winning the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]] seat that is reserved for the monks and nuns of Sikkim's many monasteries. P.K. Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous two Governments in Sikkim having first formed the Government after the 1994 election, when they won 19 seats within a year of the party being formed),<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410003205/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> and then again after the 1999 election, when they increased their tally to 24 seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410001824/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> Chamling's third term began on May 21, 2004, when he and his 11cabinate ministers were sworn in by the then [[Governor of Sikkim]] [[V. Rama Rao]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702212205/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-02|title= Will strive to remove urban, rural disparities: Chamling |last=Dam|first=Marcus|date=2009-05-21|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-28}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
With the tenure of the Sikkim Assembly scheduled to expire on May 23, 2009, the [[Election Commission of India]] announced<ref name="ECI-2009">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |title=General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim |date=2 March 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061120/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref> on March 2, 2009 that the elections to the Sikkim Assembly would be held at the same time as the [[2009 Indian general election|general election]]. Sikkim voted in the third phase of the 5-phase national election.
With the tenure of the Sikkim Assembly scheduled to expire on 23 May 23 2009, the [[Election Commission of India]] announced<ref name="ECI-2009">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |title=General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim |date=2 March 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061120/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref> on 2 March 2009, that the elections to the Sikkim Assembly would be held at the same time as the [[2009 Indian general election|general election]]. Sikkim voted in the third phase of the 5-phase national election.


Though SDF had provided external support to [[Manmohan Singh]]'s Congress-led [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] Government at the Centre since 2004, the SDF and Congress were the main political opponents in Sikkim. Ironically, the Congress was led in the state by [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]], mentor and former colleague of Chamling.
Though SDF had provided external support to [[Manmohan Singh]]'s Congress-led [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] Government at the Centre since 2004, the SDF and Congress were the main political opponents in Sikkim. Ironically, the Congress was led in the state by [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]], mentor and former colleague of Chamling.
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=== Government formation===
=== Government formation===
The SDF went from strength to strength and this time won even the single seat that had eluded them in 2004. With a clean sweep of all 32 seats in the state, Chamling was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister by Governor [[Balmiki Prasad Singh|B.P. Singh]] at the Gangtok Raj Bhawan on May 20, 2009. This Government included Neeru Sewa and Tilu Gurung who became the first ever women Cabinet ministers in Sikkim.
The SDF went from strength to strength and this time won even the single seat that had eluded them in 2004. With a clean sweep of all 32 seats in the state, Chamling was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister by Governor [[Balmiki Prasad Singh|B.P. Singh]] at the Gangtok Raj Bhawan on May 20, 2009. This Government included Neeru Sewa and Tilu Gurung who became the first ever women Cabinet ministers in Sikkim.
{| 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
|
|}


===Number of seats===
===Number of seats===
{{Sikkim state assembly elections results, 2009}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party
! Flag
! Seats Won
! Seats Change
! Popular Vote
! Vote Share
! Swing
|-
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| [[File:Sikkim-Democratic-Front-flag.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
| style="text-align:center;" | +1
| style="text-align:center;" | 165,991
| style="text-align:center;" | 65.91%
| style="text-align:center;" | -5.18%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | -1
| style="text-align:center;" | 69,612
| style="text-align:center;" | 27.64%
| style="text-align:center;" | +1.51%
|-
| colspan=7 | Source: Election Commission of India <ref>http://eci.nic.in/Analysis/</ref><ref>http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_SK_2004.pdf</ref>
|}


==Successful candidates==
==Elected members==
The members of sixth legislative assembly are listed below<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly|url=http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/ministers/mla_list.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807085858/http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/ministers/mla_list.htm|archive-date=2012-08-07|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Telephone Directory up to June, 2010|url=http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/Miscc/TELEPHONE%20DIRECTORY%20UPTO%20APRIL.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503214218/http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/Miscc/TELEPHONE%20DIRECTORY%20UPTO%20APRIL.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-03|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" "
|-
|- style="text-align: left; background:#f0f0f0;"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Constituency
! scope="col" | Constituency
|Reserved for<br/>([[Bhutia-Lepcha|BL]]/[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/None)
! scope="col" | Member  
! scope="col" | Member  
! scope="col" | Party
! colspan=2 | Party
|-
|-
| 1 || Yoksam- Tashiding (BL) || A P Sharma || SDF
| 1 || [[Yoksam-Tashiding (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yoksam-Tashiding]] || BL || A P Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front|rowspan=32}}
|-
|-
| 2 || Yangthang || B B Rai || SDF
| 2 || [[Yangthang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yangthang]] || None || B B Rai
|-
|-
| 3 || Maneybong Dentam || B Dhungel || SDF
| 3 || [[Maneybong Dentam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maneybong Dentam]] || None || B Dhungel
|-
|-
| 4 || Gyalshing Barnyak || B K Rai || SDF
| 4 || [[Gyalshing-Barnyak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gyalshing-Barnyak]] || None || B K Rai
|-
|-
| 5 || Rinchenpong || B S Panth || SDF
| 5 || [[Rinchenpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rinchenpong]] || BL || B S Panth
|-
|-
| 6 || Daramdin || C B Karki || SDF
| 6 || [[Daramdin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Daramdin]] || BL || C B Karki
|-
|-
| 7 || Soreng Chakung || C M Subba || SDF
| 7 || [[Soreng-Chakung (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Soreng-Chakung]] || None || C M Subba
|-
|-
| 8 || Salghari Zoom (SC) || D B Thapa || SDF
| 8 || [[Salghari-Zoom (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Salghari-Zoom]] || SC || D B Thapa
|-
|-
| 9 || Barfung (BL) || D L Lepcha || SDF
| 9 || [[Barfung (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barfung]] || BL || D L Lepcha
|-
|-
| 10 || Poklok Kamrang || D N Bhutia || SDF
| 10 || [[Poklok-Kamrang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poklok-Kamrang]] || None || D N Bhutia
|-
|-
| 11 || Namchi Singhithang || D N Thakarpa || SDF
| 11 || [[Namchi-Singhithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchi-Singhithang]] || None || D N Thakarpa
|-
|-
| 12 || Melli || K T Gyaltsen || SDF
| 12 || [[Melli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Melli]] || None || K T Gyaltsen
|-
|-
| 13 || Namthang Rateypani || L Lepcha || SDF
| 13 || [[Namthang-Rateypani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namthang-Rateypani]] || None || L Lepcha
|-
|-
| 14 || Temi Namphing || M B Dahal || SDF
| 14 || [[Temi-Namphing (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Temi-Namphing]] || None || M B Dahal
|-
|-
| 15 || Rangang Yangang || M Cintury || SDF
| 15 || [[Rangang-Yangang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rangang-Yangang]] || None || M Cintury
|-
|-
| 16 || Tumin Lingee (BL) || Menlom Lepcha || SDF
| 16 || [[Tumin Lingee (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tumin Lingee]] || BL || Menlom Lepcha
|-
|-
| 17 || Khamdong Singtam|| N K Pradhan || SDF
| 17 || [[Khamdong-Singtam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khamdong-Singtam]] || None || N K Pradhan
|-
|-
| 18 || West Pendam (SC) || Neru Sewa || SDF
| 18 || [[West Pendam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|West Pendam]] || SC || Neru Sewa
|-
|-
| 19 || Rhenok || P Gurung || SDF
| 19 || [[Rhenock (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rhenock]] || None || P Gurung
|-
|-
| 20 || Chujachen || P L Subba || SDF
| 20 || [[Chujachen (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chujachen]] || None || P L Subba
|-
|-
| 21 || Gnathang Machong (BL) || P S Tamang || SDF
| 21 || [[Gnathang-Machong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gnathang-Machong]] || BL || [[P S Tamang]]
|-
|-
| 22 || Namchwybong || P T Bhutia || SDF
| 22 || [[Namchaybong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchaybong]] || None || P T Bhutia
|-
|-
| 23 || Shyari (BL) || [[Pawan Chamling]] || SDF
| 23 || [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]] || BL || [[Pawan Chamling]]
|-
|-
| 24 || Martam Rumtek (BL) || R B Subba || SDF
| 24 || [[Martam-Rumtek (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Martam-Rumtek]] || BL || R B Subba
|-
|-
| 25 || Upper Tadong || S G Bhutia || SDF
| 25 || [[Upper Tadong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Upper Tadong]] || None || S G Bhutia
|-
|-
| 26 || Arithang || S G Lepcha || SDF
| 26 || [[Arithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arithang]] || None || S G Lepcha
|-
|-
| 27 || [[Gangtok]] (BL) || T D Rai || SDF
| 27 || [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]] || None || T D Rai
|-
|-
| 28 || Upper Burtuk || T Gurung || SDF
| 28 || [[Upper Burtuk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Upper Burtuk]] || None || T Gurung
|-
|-
| 29 || Kabi Lungchuk (BL) || T Sherpa || SDF
| 29 || [[Kabi Lungchok (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Kabi Lungchok]] || BL || T Sherpa
|-
|-
| 30 || Djongu (BL) || T T Bhutia || SDF
| 30 || [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]] || BL || T T Bhutia
|-
|-
| 31 || Lachen Mangan (BL) || T W Lepcha || SDF
| 31 || [[Lachen-Mangan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lachen-Mangan]] || BL || T W Lepcha
|-
|-
| 32 || [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]] || U T Gyatso || SDF
| 32 || [[Sangha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sangha]] || Sangha || U T Gyatso
|-style="sortbottom"
|colspan=6|Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly|url=http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/ministers/mla_list.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807085858/http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/ministers/mla_list.htm|archive-date=2012-08-07|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Telephone Directory up to June, 2010|url=http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/Miscc/TELEPHONE%20DIRECTORY%20UPTO%20APRIL.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503214218/http://sikkim.gov.in/asp/Miscc/TELEPHONE%20DIRECTORY%20UPTO%20APRIL.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-03|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref>
|}
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 8 July 2023

Sikkim Assembly Elections 2009
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All 32 Assembly Constituencies
Turnout83.78%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
  Indian Election Symbol Umberlla.png Hand INC.svg
Leader Pawan Kumar Chamling Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Party Sikkim Democratic Front INC
Alliance United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance
Leader since 1994
Leader's seat Poklok-kamrang none
Last election 2004 2004
Seats before 31 1
Seats won 32 0
Seat change +1 -1
Popular vote 165,991 69,612
Percentage 65.91% 27.64%
Swing -5.18% +1.51%
Location map India Sikkim.svg
Sikkim District Map
CM before election

Pawan Kumar Chamling
Sikkim Democratic Front

CM-elect

Pawan Kumar Chamling
Sikkim Democratic Front

The Sikkim Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state for all 32 legislative assembly seats along with the third phase of 2009 Indian general elections on 30 April 2009. The results were declared on 5 May 2009. The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) further strengthened their majority in the Sikkim Assembly by winning all the seats. Incumbent Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling's Government returned for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term having won previous elections in 1994, 1999, and 2004.

Previous Assembly[edit]

In the 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, the SDF almost had a clean-sweep winning 31 of the 32 seats in the state. Congress was the only other party to win any seats, winning the Sangha seat that is reserved for the monks and nuns of Sikkim's many monasteries. P.K. Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous two Governments in Sikkim having first formed the Government after the 1994 election, when they won 19 seats within a year of the party being formed),[2] and then again after the 1999 election, when they increased their tally to 24 seats.[3] Chamling's third term began on May 21, 2004, when he and his 11cabinate ministers were sworn in by the then Governor of Sikkim V. Rama Rao.[4]

Background[edit]

With the tenure of the Sikkim Assembly scheduled to expire on 23 May 23 2009, the Election Commission of India announced[5] on 2 March 2009, that the elections to the Sikkim Assembly would be held at the same time as the general election. Sikkim voted in the third phase of the 5-phase national election.

Though SDF had provided external support to Manmohan Singh's Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre since 2004, the SDF and Congress were the main political opponents in Sikkim. Ironically, the Congress was led in the state by Nar Bahadur Bhandari, mentor and former colleague of Chamling.

In this election UDF was formed by coalition of BJP, INC and few other parties, which was thrown into disarray with its constituents appearing to go separate.

Schedule of election[edit]

Poll Event Dates
Announcement & Issue of Press Note Monday, 02 Mar 2009
Issue of Notification Thursday, 02 Apr 2009
Last Date for filing Nominations Thursday, 09 Apr 2009
Scrutiny of Nominations Friday, 10 Apr 2009
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature Monday, 13 Apr 2009
Date of Poll Thursday, 30 Apr 2009
Counting of Votes on Saturday, 16 May 2009
Date of election being completed Saturday, 23 May 2009
Constituencies Polling on this day 32
Source: Election Commission of India[5]
Location of Sikkim in India

Parties and candidates[edit]

Party Type Code Party Name Number of
candidates 		Total
National Parties BJP Bharatiya Janata Party 11 57
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3
INC Indian National Congress 32
NCP Nationalist Congress Party 11
State Parties SDF Sikkim Democratic Front 32 32
Unrecognised or
Unregistered Parties 		SGPP Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party 27 53
SHRP Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad 20
SJEP Sikkim Jan-Ekta Party 6
Independents n/a Independents 25 25
Total: 167
Source: Election Commission of India[6]

Results[edit]

Government formation[edit]

The SDF went from strength to strength and this time won even the single seat that had eluded them in 2004. With a clean sweep of all 32 seats in the state, Chamling was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister by Governor B.P. Singh at the Gangtok Raj Bhawan on May 20, 2009. This Government included Neeru Sewa and Tilu Gurung who became the first ever women Cabinet ministers in Sikkim.

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Bharatiya Janata Party 11 0 1966 0.78%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 0 272 0.11%
Indian National Congress 32 0 69612 27.64%
Sikkim Democratic Front 32 32 165991 65.91%
Sikkim Democratic Front 20 0 5516 2.19%
Nationalist Congress Party 11 0 1065 0.42%
Independent 16 0 3450 1.37%
SGPP 27 0 2909 1.16%
SJEP 6 0 497 0.2%
Total: 167 32 251851

Number of seats[edit]

Party Flag Seats Won Seats Change Popular Vote Vote Share Swing
Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim-Democratic-Front-flag.svg 32 +1 165,991 65.91% -5.18%
Indian National Congress 0 -1 69,612 27.64% +1.51%
Source: Election Commission of India [7][8]

Elected members[edit]

# Constituency Reserved for
(BL/SC/None) 		Member Party
1 Yoksam-Tashiding BL A P Sharma Sikkim Democratic Front
2 Yangthang None B B Rai
3 Maneybong Dentam None B Dhungel
4 Gyalshing-Barnyak None B K Rai
5 Rinchenpong BL B S Panth
6 Daramdin BL C B Karki
7 Soreng-Chakung None C M Subba
8 Salghari-Zoom SC D B Thapa
9 Barfung BL D L Lepcha
10 Poklok-Kamrang None D N Bhutia
11 Namchi-Singhithang None D N Thakarpa
12 Melli None K T Gyaltsen
13 Namthang-Rateypani None L Lepcha
14 Temi-Namphing None M B Dahal
15 Rangang-Yangang None M Cintury
16 Tumin Lingee BL Menlom Lepcha
17 Khamdong-Singtam None N K Pradhan
18 West Pendam SC Neru Sewa
19 Rhenock None P Gurung
20 Chujachen None P L Subba
21 Gnathang-Machong BL P S Tamang
22 Namchaybong None P T Bhutia
23 Shyari BL Pawan Chamling
24 Martam-Rumtek BL R B Subba
25 Upper Tadong None S G Bhutia
26 Arithang None S G Lepcha
27 Gangtok None T D Rai
28 Upper Burtuk None T Gurung
29 Kabi Lungchok BL T Sherpa
30 Djongu BL T T Bhutia
31 Lachen-Mangan BL T W Lepcha
32 Sangha Sangha U T Gyatso
Sources:[9][10]

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  1. ↑ SDF is being marked as part of UPA for the purpose of this Infobox since they provide support to the UPA Government at the centre. However, they are not officially part of the UPA and did not fight the Sikkim election alongside the UPA "All my State wants is justice: Chamling". The Hindu. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  4. ↑ Dam, Marcus (21 May 2009). "Will strive to remove urban, rural disparities: Chamling". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014.
  7. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/Analysis/
  8. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_SK_2004.pdf
  9. ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly". sikkim.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Telephone Directory up to June, 2010" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012.

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