Political parties in Sikkim

Major national-level parties

Indian National Congress (INC)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Minor national-level parties

Trinamool Congress (TMC)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

Major Regional Parties

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)

Minor Regional Parties

Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SSP)
Sikkim Rajya Manch (SRM) led by R.N. Chamling
Organization of Sikkimese Unity (OSU)
Sikkim Independent Front (SIF)
Sikkim Gorkha Party (SGP)
Sikkim Scheduled Caste League (SSCL)
Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)
Sikkim Republican Party (SRP)
Sikkim National People’s Party (SNPP)
Sikkim National Liberation Front (SNLF)
Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party (SGPP)

Defunct Parties

Sikkim National Party
Rajya Praja Sammelan (RPS) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1962}
Sikkim Swatantra Dal (SSD) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1962}
Sikkim State Congress (SSC) {merged with Sikkim Janata Congress in 1972}
Sikkim Janata Party (SJP) {merged with Sikkim Janata Congress in 1972}
Sikkim Janata Congress (SJC) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1973}
Sikkim National Congress (SNC) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1975}
Sikkim Janata Parishad (SJP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1982}
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) (SCR)
Sikkim Himali Congress (SHC)
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress (SPC)
Denzong Peoples Chogpi (DPC)
Sikkim Ekta Manch (SEM) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1998}
Sikkim Janashakti Party (SJP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1999}
Nepali Bhutia Lepcha (NEBULA) {merged with Trinamool Congress in 2013}
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 2014}

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