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Elections in Sikkim have been held in the Indian state of Sikkim between 1953 and 1974, before its integration with India, and since 1979 after its integration. The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha.

Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]

General elections[edit | edit source]

The general elections took place before Sikkim's integration with India.

1953[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats
Party		Bhutia-Lepcha	Nepali	Total
	Sikkim National Party	6	0	6
	Sikkim State Congress	0	6	6
Appointed members		–	–	6
Total		6	6	18

Source: ^[1]^[2]

1958[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats
Party		Bhutia-Lepcha	Nepali	Others	Total	+/–
	Sikkim State Congress	1	6	0	7	+1
	Sikkim National Party	5	0	1	6	0
	Independent	0	0	1	1	+1
Appointed members		–	–	–	6	0
Total		6	6	2	20	+2

Source: ^[3]^[2]

1967[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Congress	8	New
	Sikkim National Party	5	–1
	Sikkim State Congress	2	–5
	Others	3	+3
Appointed members		6	–1
Total		24	+4

Source: ^[4]

1970[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Party	8	+3
	Sikkim State Congress	4	+2
	Sikkim National Congress	3	–5
	Others	3	0
Appointed members		6	0
Total		24	0

Source: ^[5]

1973[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats	+/–
	Sikkim National Party	9	+1
	Sikkim National Congress	5	+2
	Sikkim Janata Congress	2	–
	Independents	2	–
Appointed members		6	0
Total		24	0

Source: AC Sinha

1974[edit | edit source]


Party		Seats	+/–

	Sikkim National Congress	31	+26
	Sikkim National Party	1	–8
Total		32	+8

Source: Sikkim Assembly

Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

1979[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	22,776	31.49	16
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	14,889	20.58	11
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	11,400	15.76	4
	Janata Party	9,534	13.18	0
	Indian National Congress	1,476	2.04	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	241	0.33	0
	Sikkim Scheduled Caste League	85	0.12	0
	Independents	11,938	16.50	1
Total		72,339	100.00	32

Valid votes		72,339	94.81
Invalid/blank votes		3,960	5.19
Total votes		76,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		117,157	65.13
Source: ECI

1985[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,371	62.20	30	+14
	Indian National Congress	23,440	24.15	1	+1
	Janata Party	913	0.94	0	0
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	438	0.45	0	–4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	336	0.35	0	0
	Communist Party of India	25	0.03	0	New
	Independents	11,534	11.88	1	0
Total		97,057	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		97,057	97.61
Invalid/blank votes		2,378	2.39
Total votes		99,435	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		155,041	64.13
Source: ECI

1989[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	94,078	70.41	32	+2
	Indian National Congress	24,121	18.05	0	–1
	Rising Sun Party	11,472	8.59	0	New
	Denzong Peoples Chogpi	298	0.22	0	New
	Independents	3,650	2.73	0	–1
Total		133,619	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		133,619	95.97
Invalid/blank votes		5,608	4.03
Total votes		139,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		192,619	72.28
Source: ECI

1994[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Sikkim Democratic Front	72,856	42.00	19	New
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,851	35.08	10	–22
	Indian National Congress	26,045	15.02	2	+2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,906	1.68	0	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	274	0.16	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	270	0.16	0	New
	Independents	10,255	5.91	1	+1
Total		173,457	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		173,457	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,566	2.56
Total votes		178,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,743	81.76
Source: ECI

1999[edit | edit source]

Party		No. of candidates	No. elected^[6]	Votes won	%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	398	0.19%
	Indian National Congress	31	0	7,512	3.67%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	31	24	107,214	52.32%
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	7	85,827	41.88%
	Independents	9	1	3,976	1.94%
Total:		105	32	204,927

2004[edit | edit source]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected^[7]	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	667	0.34%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	144	0.07%
Indian National Congress	28	1	51329	26.13%
Sikkim Democratic Front	32	31	139662	71.09%
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad	9	0	1123	0.57%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	1	0	90	0.05%
Independents	16	0	3450	1.76%
Total:	91	32	196465

2009[edit | edit source]

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
Source: Election Commission of India^[8]

2014[edit | edit source]

e • d
Political Party		Candidates	Number of Votes	Seats Won	Net Change in seats	% of Votes
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	169983	22	10	55.0%
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	126024	10	10	40.8%
	INC	32	4390	0	0	1.4%
	BJP	13	2208	0	0	0.7%
	AITC	7	586	0	0	0.2%
	Independent	5	1227	0	0	0.4
	NOTA		4460	-	-	1.4%
Total			478,861	32

2019[edit | edit source]

Party		Contested	Won	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	17	7	1,65,508	47.03	6.23
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	15	7	1,67,620	47.63	7.37
	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	0		5,700	1.62	0.92
	Indian National Congress	24	0		2,721	0.77	0.63
	Hamro Sikkim Party	23	0		2,098	0.60
	Independents		0
Total			32
Source: Election Commission of India^[9]

Loksabha Election[edit | edit source]

Election	Member
1977	Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri^[10]	Indian National Congress
1980	Pahal Man Subba^[11]	Sikkim Janata Parishad
1984	Nar Bahadur Bhandari^[12]	Independent
1985	Dil Kumari Bhandari	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	Nandu Thapa^[13]
1991	Dil Kumari Bhandari^[14]
1996	Bhim Prasad Dahal^[15]^[16]^[17]	Sikkim Democratic Front
1998
1999
2004	Nakul Das Rai^[18]
2009	Prem Das Rai^[19]^[20]
2014	Prem Das Rai^[19]^[20]
2019	Indra Hang Subba	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Results of elections - 1953". Sikkim Darbar Gazette. 2 (12). 12 May 1953.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Pem Choden Tenzing (July 2019). Monarchy to Democracy Understanding Political Development in Sikkim, 1970-1994 (Thesis). p. 147. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
↑ "Results of elections - 1958". Sikkim Darbar Gazette. 8 (7). December 1958.
↑ "Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1967". 8 April 1967. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
↑ "Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1970". 14 May 1970. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
↑ "Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
↑ "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.
↑ "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 204. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 385. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 233. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 281. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.

[sdg1953-1] "Results of elections - 1953". Sikkim Darbar Gazette. 2 (12). 12 May 1953.

[TenzingThesis-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Pem Choden Tenzing (July 2019). Monarchy to Democracy Understanding Political Development in Sikkim, 1970-1994 (Thesis). p. 147. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[sdg1958-3] "Results of elections - 1958". Sikkim Darbar Gazette. 8 (7). December 1958.

[4] "Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1967". 8 April 1967. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[5] "Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1970". 14 May 1970. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[election1999-6] "Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[8] "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.

[9] "ECI-ElectionSchedule".

[CBC-10] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[PMS-11] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 204. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[NBB-12] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[NT-13] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[DKB-14] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[BPD1-15] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 385. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[BPD2-16] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 233. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[BPD3-17] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[NDR-18] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 281. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[PDR1-19] "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

[PDR2-20] "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.

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-'''Legislative Assembly election results of [[Sikkim]]'''
-The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]].
+'''Elections in Sikkim''' have been held in the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]] between 1953 and 1974, before its integration with India, and since 1979 after its integration. The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]].
-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.
-==1974 (Before integration with India)==
+== Assembly Elections ==
-{{main|1974 Sikkimese general election}}
-{| class="wikitable"
+=== General elections ===
-|-
+The general elections took place before [[Sikkim]]'s integration with [[India]].
-! Party
-! No. of candidates
+==== 1953 ====
-! No. of elected
+{{Main|1953 Sikkimese general election}}
-|-
+{{Election results
-|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
+|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Total
-|32
+|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|st1t1=6|st2t1=0|st3t1=6
-|31
+|party2=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes2=|st1t2=0|st2t2=6|st3t2=6
-|-
+|row3=Appointed members|st1t3=–|st2t3=–|st3t3=6
-|[[Sikkim National Party]]
+|total_st1t=6|total_st2t=6|total_st3t=18
-|5
+|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>
-|1
+}}
-|-
-|Others
+==== 1958 ====
-|
+{{Main|1958 Sikkimese general election}}
-|0
+{{Election results
-|- class="sortbottom"
+|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Others|seattype4=Total|seattype5=+/–
-| '''Total'''
+|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
-| 32
+|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]
+}}
-==1979==
+=== Legislative Assembly elections ===
-{{main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+==== 1979 ====
-Chief Minister : [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]] <br/>
+{{Main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Election results
-|-
+|party1=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes1=22776|seats1=16
-! Party
+|party2=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes2=14889|seats2=11
-! No. of candidates
+|party3=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes3=11400|seats3=4
-! No. of elected
+|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=9534|seats4=0
-! No. of votes
+|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
-| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
+|party8=Independents|votes8=11938|seats8=1
-| 2
+|invalid=3960
-| 0
+|electorate=117157
-| 241
+|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ ECI]
-| {{percentage|241|72339|2}}
+}}
-|-
-| [[Indian National Congress]]
-| 12
-| 0
-| 1476
-| {{percentage|1476|72339|2}}
-|-
-| [[Janata Party]]
-| 30
-| 0
-| 9534
-| {{percentage|9534|72339|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]
-| 2
-| 0
-| 85
-| {{percentage|85|72339|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]
-| 27
-| 11
-| 14889
-| {{percentage|14889|72339|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]
-| 31
-| 16
-| 22776
-| {{percentage|22776|72339|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]
-| 32
-| 4
-| 11400
-| {{percentage|11400|72339|2}}
-|-
-| Independents
-| 108
-| 1
-| 11938
-| {{percentage|11938|72339|2}}
-|-
-| '''Total:'''
-| 244
-| 32
-| 72339
-|
-|}
-==1985==
+==== 1985 ====
-{{main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Election results
-|-
+|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=60371|seats1=30|sc1=+14
-! Party
+|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=23440|seats2=1|sc2=+1
-! No. of candidates
+|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=913|seats3=0|sc3=0
-! No. of elected
+|party4=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes4=438|seats4=0|sc4=–4
-! No. of votes
+|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
-| [[Communist Party of India]]
+|total_sc=0
-| 2
+|invalid=2378
-| 0
+|electorate=155041
-| 25
+|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/ ECI]
-| {{percentage|25|97057|2}}
+}}
-|-
-| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
-| 1
-| 0
-| 336
-| {{percentage|336|97057|2}}
-|-
-| [[Indian National Congress]]
-| 32
-| 1
-| 23440
-| {{percentage|23440|97057|2}}
-|-
-| [[Janata Party]]
-| 20
-| 0
-| 913
-| {{percentage|913|97057|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]
-| 14
-| 0
-| 438
-| {{percentage|438|97057|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
-| 32
-| 30
-| 60371
-| {{percentage|60371|97057|2}}
-|-
-| Independents
-| 94
-| 1
-| 11534
-| {{percentage|11534|97057|2}}
-|-
-| '''Total:'''
-| 195
-| 32
-| 97057
-|
-|}
-==1989==
+==== 1989 ====
-{{main|1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Election results
-|-
+|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=94078|seats1=32|sc1=+2
-! Party
+|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=24121|seats2=0|sc2=–1
-! No. of candidates
+|party3=[[Rising Sun Party]]|votes3=11472|seats3=0|sc3=New
-! No. of elected
+|party4=[[Denzong Peoples Chogpi]]|votes4=298|seats4=0|sc4=New
-! No. of votes
+|party5=Independents|votes5=3650|seats5=0|sc5=–1
-! %
+|total_sc=0
-|-
+|invalid=5608
-| [[Indian National Congress]]
+|electorate=192619
-| 31
+|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/ ECI]
-| 0
+}}
-| 24121
-| {{percentage|24121|133619|2}}
-|-
-| [[Rising Sun Party]]
-| 31
-| 0
-| 11472
-| {{percentage|11472|133619|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
-| 32
-| 32
-| 94078
-| {{percentage|94078|133619|2}}
-|-
-| [[Denzong Peoples Chogpi]]
-| 4
-| 0
-| 298
-| {{percentage|298|133619|2}}
-|-
-| Independents
-| 20
-| 0
-| 3650
-| {{percentage|3650|133619|2}}
-|-
-| '''Total:'''
-| 118
-| 32
-| 133619
-|
-|}
-==1994==
+==== 1994 ====
-{{main|1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-Chief Minister : [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] <br/>
+{{Election results
-{| class="wikitable"
+|image=[[File:Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1994.svg]]
-|-
+|party1=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]|votes1=72856|seats1=19|sc1=New
-! Party
+|party2=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes2=60851|seats2=10|sc2=–22
-! No. of candidates
+|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=26045|seats3=2|sc3=+2
-! No. of elected
+|party4=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes4=2906|seats4=0|sc4=New
-! No. of votes
+|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
-| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
+|total_sc=0
-| 3
+|invalid=4566
-| 0
+|electorate=217743
-| 274
+|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/ ECI]
-| {{percentage|274|173457|2}}
+}}
-|-
-| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
-| 2
-| 0
-| 270
-| {{percentage|270|173457|2}}
-|-
-| [[Indian National Congress]]
-| 31
-| 2
-| 26045
-| {{percentage|26045|173457|2}}
-|-
-| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
-| 11
-| 0
-| 2906
-| {{percentage|2906|173457|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
-| 32
-| 19
-| 72856
-| {{percentage|72856|173457|2}}
-|-
-| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
-| 31
-| 10
-| 60851
-| {{percentage|60851|173457|2}}
-|-
-| Independents
-| 76
-| 1
-| 10255
-| {{percentage|10255|173457|2}}
-|-
-| '''Total:'''
-| 186
-| 32
-| 173457
-|
-|}
-==1999==
+==== 1999 ====
-{{main|1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-Chief Minister : Pawan Chamling <br/>
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! Party
+!colspan=2| Party
 ! No. of candidates
-! No. of elected
+! No. elected<ref name=election1999>{{cite web |url=https://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>
-! No. of votes
+! Votes won
 ! %
 |-
+| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|
 | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
 | 2
 | 0
-| 398
+| {{formatnum:398}}
 | {{percentage|398|204927|2}}
 |-
+| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}}|
 | [[Indian National Congress]]
 | 31
 | 0
-| 7512
+| {{formatnum:7512}}
 | {{percentage|7512|204927|2}}
 |-
+| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}|
 | [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
 | 31
 | 24
-| 107214
+| {{formatnum:107214}}
 | {{percentage|107214|204927|2}}
 |-
+| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad}}|
 | [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
 | 32
 | 7
-| 85827
+| {{formatnum:85827}}
 | {{percentage|85827|204927|2}}
 |-
+| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
 | Independents
 | 9
 | 1
-| 3976
+| {{formatnum:3976}}
 | {{percentage|3976|204927|2}}
 |-
-| '''Total:'''
+| colspan=2|'''Total:'''
 | 105
 | 32
-| 204927
+| {{formatnum:204927}}
 |
+|-
 |}
-==2004==
+==== 2004 ====
-{{main|2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
 {| class="wikitable"
 !  Party
 !  No. of candidates
-!  No. of elected
+!  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
 !
@@ Line 373: / Line 254: @@
 |}
-==2009==
+==== 2009 ====
-{{main|2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling
 {| class=wikitable
 !colspan=2|Party
@@ Line 384: / Line 263: @@
 ! %
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
 | 11
@@ Line 391: / Line 270: @@
 | {{percentage|1966|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
-|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
+|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
 | 3
 | 0
@@ Line 398: / Line 277: @@
 | {{percentage|272|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
 | [[Indian National Congress]]
 | 32
@@ Line 405: / Line 284: @@
 | {{percentage|69612|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
 | [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
 | 32
@@ Line 412: / Line 291: @@
 | {{percentage|165991|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad}}"|
 | [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
 | 20
@@ Line 419: / Line 298: @@
 | {{percentage|5516|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
 | [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
 | 11
@@ Line 426: / Line 305: @@
 | {{percentage|1065|251851|2}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
 |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
 | 16
@@ Line 433: / Line 312: @@
 | {{percentage|3450|251851|2}}
 |-
-|||| SGPP
+|| || SGPP
 | 27
 | 0
@@ Line 439: / Line 318: @@
 | {{percentage|2909|251851|2}}
 |-
-|||| SJEP
+|| || SJEP
 | 6
 | 0
@@ Line 450: / Line 329: @@
 | 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 ==
+==== 2014 ====
-{{main|2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-Chief Minister : [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]] <br/>
-{{Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2014}}
+{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election<ref name=ecia>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PcYdpX1y?url=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=2014-05-16|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 ==
+==== 2019 ====
-{{main|2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Main|2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
-Chief Minister : Shri Tamang (a.k.a. Golay) <br/>
+{|class="wikitable sortable"
-{| class=wikitable
 !colspan=2|Party
 !Contested
@@ Line 470: / Line 383: @@
 |-
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}"|
 |[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
 | align="right" |32
 | align="right" |17
 | align="right" |{{increase}}7
-| align="right" |
+| align="right" |1,65,508
 | align="right" |47.03
 | align="right" |6.23{{increase}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
 |[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
 | align="right" |32
-| align="right" |12
+| align="right" |15
 | align="right" |{{decrease}}7
-| align="right" |
+| align="right" |1,67,620
 | align="right" |47.63
 | align="right" |7.37{{decrease}}
 |-
-|bgcolor=darkred|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
-|[[Hamro Sikkim Party]]
+|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
-| align="right" |32
+| align="right" |12
 | align="right" |0
 | align="right" |{{steady}}
-| align="right" |
+| align="right" |5,700
-| align="right" |
+| align="right" |1.62
-| align="right" |{{steady}}
+| align="right" |0.92{{increase}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
-|[[Indian National Congress]]
+|[[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|Indian National Congress]]
-| align="right" |32
+| align="right" |24
 | align="right" |0
 | align="right" |{{steady}}
-| align="right" |
+| align="right" |2,721
 | align="right" |0.77
 | align="right" |0.63{{decrease}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor=darkred|
-|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
+|[[Hamro Sikkim Party]]
-| align="right" |32
+| align="right" |23
-| align="right" |2
+| align="right" |0
+| align="right" |{{steady}}
+| align="right" |2,098
+| align="right" |0.60
 | align="right" |{{steady}}
-| align="right" |
-| align="right" |1.62
-| align="right" |0.92{{increase}}
 |-
-|bgcolor="{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
 |[[Independent politician|Independents]]
 | align="right" |
@@ Line 531: / Line 444: @@
 |}
-{{Authority control}}
+==Loksabha Election ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Election
+!Member
+!colspan="2"|Party
+|-
+| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
+| Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri<ref name=CBC>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha|page=175|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
+|-
+| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
+|Pahal Man Subba<ref name=PMS>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha|page=204|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Janata Parishad}}
+|-
+| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
+|[[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]<ref name=NBB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha|page=201|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
+|-
+| [[1985 Indian general election|1985]]
+|[[Dil Kumari Bhandari]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad|rowspan=3}}
+|-
+| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
+| Nandu Thapa<ref name=NT>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha|page=244|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|-
+| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
+|[[Dil Kumari Bhandari]]<ref name=DKB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha|page=258|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|-
+| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
+|rowspan=3| [[Bhim Prasad Dahal]]<ref name=BPD1>{{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|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=BPD2>{{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|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref><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|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front|rowspan=6}}
+|-
+| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
+|-
+| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
+|-
+| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
+|[[Nakul Das Rai]]<ref name=NDR>{{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|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
+|-
+| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Prem Das Rai]]<ref name=PDR1>{{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|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|archivedate=11 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=PDR2>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |publisher=Election Commission of India |archivedate=17 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135150/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1 }}</ref>
+|-
+| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
+|-
+| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
+|[[Indra Hang Subba]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
+|-
+|}
 ==References==
@@ Line 538: / Line 502: @@
 {{Sikkimese elections}}
 {{Indian elections}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Elections in Sikkim| ]]