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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%
<!-- Congress -->| image2 =  
 
<!-- Congress -->
| image2 = Hand INC.svg
| leader2 = [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
| leader2 = [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
| leader_since2 =  
| 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
| map_size = 200px
| map_size = 200px
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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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