Elections in Sikkim

The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha. Results list national parties 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.

Legislative Assembly election results of Sikkim

1974 (Before integration with India)

Sikkim National Congress: 31

Sikkim National Party: 1

Total: 32

1979

Chief Minister : Nar Bahadur Bhandari

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 0 241 0.33%
Indian National Congress 12 0 1476 2.04%
Janata Party 30 0 9534 13.18%
Sikkim Scheduled Caste League 2 0 85 0.12%
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) 27 11 14889 20.58%
Sikkim Janata Parishad 31 16 22776 31.49%
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 32 4 11400 15.76%
Independents 108 1 11938 16.5%
Total: 244 32 72339

1985
Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Communist Party of India 2 0 25 0.03%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 336 0.35%
Indian National Congress 32 1 23440 24.15%
Janata Party 20 0 913 0.94%
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 14 0 438 0.45%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 32 30 60371 62.2%
Independents 94 1 11534 11.88%
Total: 195 32 97057

1989
Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Indian National Congress 31 0 24121 18.05%
Rising Sun Party 31 0 11472 8.59%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 32 32 94078 70.41%
Denzong Peoples Chogpi 4 0 298 0.22%
Independents 20 0 3650 2.73%
Total: 118 32 133619

1994

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Bharatiya Janata Party 3 0 274 0.16%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 0 270 0.16%
Indian National Congress 31 2 26045 15.02%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 11 0 2906 1.68%
Sikkim Democratic Front 32 19 72856 42%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 31 10 60851 35.08%
Independents 76 1 10255 5.91%
Total: 186 32 173457

1999

Chief Minister : Pawan Chamling

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 0 398 0.19%
Indian National Congress 31 0 7512 3.67%
Sikkim Democratic Front 31 24 107214 52.32%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 32 7 85827 41.88%
Independents 9 1 3976 1.94%
Total: 105 32 204927

2004
Party No. of candidates No. of elected 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

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Bharatiya Janata Party 11 0 1966 0.78%
Bharatiya Janata Party 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

2014

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

 Summary of results of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2014
Political Party Flag Candidates Number of Votes Seats Won Net Change
in seats		 % of Votes Change in %
of vote
SDF 32169983221055.0%
SKM 32126024101040.8%-
INC 324390001.4%
BJP 132208000.7%
AITC 7586000.2%-
Independent 51227000.4
NOTA -4460--1.4%-
  Total478,861Turnout-Voters-

2019

Chief Minister : Shri Tamang (a.k.a. Golay)

Party Contested Won +/– Votes % +/–
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 32 17 7 47.03 6.23
Sikkim Democratic Front 32 12 7 47.63 7.37
Hamro Sikkim Party 32 0
Indian National Congress 32 0 0.77 0.63
Bharatiya Janata Party 32 2 1.62 0.92
Independents 0
Total32
Source: Election Commission of India[1]

References
  1. "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
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