1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1999
32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Pawan Kumar Chamling Nar Bahadur Bhandari Party Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Sangram Parishad Leader's seat Damthang Rhenock Last election 19 10 Seats won 24 7 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 107,214 85,827 Percentage 52.32% 41.88%
Chief Minister of Sikkim before election Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim Sangram Parishad Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim, in 1999, to elect the 32 members of the sixth Legislative Assembly.

Results

Party		No. of candidates	No. elected	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

Elected members

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Member	Party
1	Yoksam	Kalawati Subba		Sikkim Democratic Front
2	Tashiding	Thutop Bhutia
3	Geyzing	Sher Bahadur Subedi
4	Dentam	Narendra Kumar Subba
5	Barmiok	Tulshi Pd. Pradhan
6	Rinchenpong	Ongden Tshering Lepcha
7	Chakung	Prem Singh Tamang
8	Soreng	Ram Bahadur Subba
9	Daramdin	Ran Bahadur Subba
10	Jorthang-Nayabazar	Bhoj Raj Rai
11	Ralong	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia
12	Wak	Kedar Nath Rai
13	Damthang	Pawan Kumar Chamling
14	Melli	Girish Chandra Rai
15	Rateypani - West Pendam	Chandra Kumar Mohora
16	Temi- Tarku	Garjaman Gurung
17	Central Pendam-East Pendam	Sang Dorjee Tamang		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
18	Rhenock	Nar Bahadur Bhandari
19	Regu	Karna Bdr. Chamling		Sikkim Democratic Front
20	Pathing	Sonam Dorjee		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
21	Loosing Pachekani	Jai Kr. Bhandari
22	Khamdong	Gopal Lamichaney		Sikkim Democratic Front
23	Djongu	Sonam Gyatso Lepcha		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
24	Lachen Mangshila	Hishey Lachungpa		Sikkim Democratic Front
25	Kabi Tingda	Thenlay Tsering Bhutia
26	Rakdong-Tentek	Mingma Tsh. Sherpa		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
27	Martam	Dorjee Tsh. Lepcha		Sikkim Democratic Front
28	Rumtek	Arma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen
29	Assam Lingjey	Tseten Tashi Bhutia
30	Ranka	Tseten Dorjee Lepcha
31	Gangtok	Narendra Kr. Pradhan		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
32	Sangha	Palden Lama		Independent
Source: Election Commission of India