1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly; 17 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister of Sikkim before election; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF	Chief Minister of Sikkim after election ; Pawan Kumar Chamling; SDF

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim, in October 1999, to elect the 32 members of the sixth Legislative Assembly.^[2]^[3]

Results[edit | edit source]


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

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Member
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	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
19	Regu	Karna Bdr. Chamling	Sikkim Democratic Front
20	Pathing	Sonam Dorjee	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
21	Loosing Pachekani	Jai Kr. Bhandari	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
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	Sikkim Democratic Front
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^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Sikkim 1994 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
↑ "No match for Sikkim's victorious regional parties since 1979". The Times of India. PTI. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
↑ "Success in Sikkim eludes national parties". Business Standard. PTI. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
↑ "Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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