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32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 79.88% ( 1.55%)[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Structure of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly after the election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 19 April 2024 to elect the 32 members of the 11th Sikkim Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 June 2024. The incumbent Sikkim Krantikari Morcha government, led by chief minister Prem Singh Tamang, won re-election to a second term.
Background[edit | edit source]
The tenure of Sikkim Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 2 June 2024.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the election, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha formed the state government, with Prem Singh Tamang becoming the Chief Minister.[2]
Schedule[edit | edit source]
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.[3]
| Poll event | Schedule |
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| Notification date | 20 March 2024 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 27 March 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March 2024 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 March 2024 |
| Date of poll | 19 April 2024 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 2 June 2024 |
Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | 
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Prem Singh Tamang | 32 | |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 
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Pawan Chamling | 32 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | File:BJP flag.svg | 
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Dilli Ram Thapa | 31 | |
| Indian National Congress | 
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Gopal Chettri[4] | 12 | |
| Citizen Action Party – Sikkim | 
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Ganesh Kumar Rai[5] | 30 | |
Candidates[edit | edit source]
Results[edit | edit source]
Results by party[edit | edit source]
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Change (pp) | Contested | Won | Change | ||
| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | 2,25,068 | 58.38 |  11.21
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32 | 31 | 14
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| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1,05,503 | 27.37 | 20.26
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32 | 1 | 14
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| Citizen Action Party – Sikkim | 23,261 | 6.03 | New | 30 | 0 | 
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 19,956 | 5.18 | 3.56
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31 | 0 |
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| Indian National Congress | 1,228 | 0.32 | 0.45
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12 | 0 |
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| Independent politician | 6,678 | 1.73 | 9 | 0 |
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| None of the above | 3,813 | 0.99 | 0.13
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| Total | 3,85,072 | 100% | - | 146 | 32 | - | |
Results by districts[edit | edit source]
| District | Seats | SKM | SDF |
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| Gyalshing | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Soreng | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Namchi | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gangtok | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Pakyong | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mangan | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sangha | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 31 | 1 |
Results by constituency[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "SKM president Prem Singh Tamang takes oath as Sikkim Chief Minister". Business Standard India. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "Sikkim Assembly election 2024 to be held on April 19: Here is complete schedule". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Gopal Chettri appointed president of Congress' Sikkim unit". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Ganesh Rai campaigns in Chujachen". Sikkim Express. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ List of contesting candidates (PDF) (Report). Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Party wise results". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ "Sikkim Election Results 2024: SKM sweeps polls by winning 31 of 32 seats, SDF bags 1". The Hindu. 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ "State wise results". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ "Election Results 2024 Sikkim: Full list of winners on all 32 Legislative Assembly seats of Sikkim". The Indian Express. 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ "Sikkim Assembly Election 2024 Winners List". Financial Express. 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ does not include postal ballots