2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the ninth Legislative Assembly. The term of the eighth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019.[1][2]

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
11 April 2019
32 Seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.43% 0.46%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Prem Singh Tamang Pawan Kumar Chamling
Party SKM SDF
Leader since 2014 1994
Leader's seat Didn't contest Namchi-Singhithang,
Rangang-Yangang
Seats before 10 22
Seats won 17 15
Seat change 7 7
Percentage 47.03% 47.63%
Swing 6.23% 7.37%
Map of the election results. The Sangha seat, elected by the monks, is not shown here.
Chief Minister of Sikkim before election

Prem Singh Tamang
SDF

 Chief Minister of Sikkim

Prem Singh Tamang
SKM

Schedule of election
Poll Event Date
Issue of Notification Monday 18 March 2019
Last Date for filing Nominations Monday 25 March 2019
Scrutiny of Nominations Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature Thursday,28 March 2019
Date of Poll Thursday, 11 April 2019
Counting of Votes Thursday, 23 May 2019
Date of election being completed Sunday, 2 June 2019
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

Results

Results (Party-wise)

Results were announced on 23 May, 2019.

Party Contested Won +/– Votes % +/–
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 32 17 7 1,65,508 47.03 6.23
Sikkim Democratic Front 32 15 7 1,67,620 47.63 7.37
Bharatiya Janata Party 12 0 5,700 1.62 0.92
Indian National Congress 24 0 2,721 0.77 0.63
Hamro Sikkim Party 23 0 2,098 0.60
Independents 0
Total32
Source: Election Commission of India[4]


Results (Constituency-wise)

The winners of the election and their parties are listed below. Seats marked SC and BL are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Bhotia-Lepcha respectively.[5]

No. Constituency Name Member Party
1Yoksam–Tashiding (BL)Sangay Lepcha SKM
2YangthangBhim Hang Limboo SKM
3 Maneybong-Dentam Narendra Kumar Subba (Joined BJP) SDF
BJP
4Gyalshing-BarnyakLok Nath Sharma SKM
5 RinchenpongKarma Sonam Lepcha

(Joined BJP)

 SDF
BJP
6DaramdinMingma Norbu Sherpa SKM
7Soreng-ChakungAditya Tamang (Golay) SKM
8Salghari-Zoom (SC)Sunita Gajmer SKM
9Barfung (BL)Tashi Thendup Bhutia SDF
10Poklok-KamrangPawan Kumar Chamling SDF
11Namchi-SinghithangPawan Kumar Chamling SDF
12MelliFarwanti Tamang SDF
13Namthang RateypaniSanjit Kharel SKM
14Temi NamphingBedu Singh Panth SKM
15Rangang-YangangRajkumari Thaba SDF
16Tumin Lingee (BL)Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia SDF
17Khamdong SingtamDr Mani Kumar Sharma SKM
18West Pendam (SC)L. B. Das SKM
19RhenockBishnu Kumar Sharma (Khatiwara) SKM
20ChujachenKrishna Bahadur Rai (Joined BJP) SDF
21Gnathang-Machong (BL)Dorjee Tshering Lepcha SDF
22NamchaybongEM Prasad Sharma SKM
23Shyari (BL)Kunga Nima Lepcha SKM
24Martam Rumtek (BL)Dorjee Tshering Lepcha SDF
25Upper TadongGay Tshering Dhungel SKM
26ArithangArun Kumar Upreti SKM
27Gangtok (BL)a) Kunga Nima Lepcha
b) Yong Tshering Lepcha (bye-poll)		 SKM
28Upper BurtukDilli Ram Thapa (Joined BJP) SDF
29Kabi Lungchuk (BL)Karma Loday Bhutia SKM
30Djongu (BL)Pintso Namgyal Lepcha SDF
31Lachen Mangan (BL)Samdup Lepcha SKM
32SanghaSonam Lama SKM

Changes after election and bye-election

After the assembly election, 1 MLA from SKM and 2 MLAs from SDF each vacated their second seat after being elected from two constituencies. Before the by-elections to these three vacant seats were held, 10 MLAs of SDF defected to BJP and 9 MLAs of SDF defected to SKM, leaving SDF with only 1 MLA.[6] SKM had 18 MLAs and BJP had 10 MLAs. In the by-elections held on 21 October, 2019, BJP won two seats and SKM one seat.[7] The final seat numbers are: SKM 19 seats, BJP 12 seats and SDF 1 seat.

References
  1. "Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh polls with 2019 Lok Sabha elections likely: EC sources". The New Indian Express.
  2. "Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh polls with Lok Sabha elections likely: EC sources". 3 December 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  3. "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
  4. "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
  5. "Sikkim Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. "2 SDF MLAs Join Ruling SKM In Sikkim A Day After 10 From Party Joined BJP". Outlook.
  7. "SKM and BJP sweep byelections in Sikkim; big win for Tamang". Frontline.
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