List of Rajya Sabha members from Sikkim

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Sikkim elects 1 seat and it is indirectly elected by the state legislators of Sikkim, since year 1976.[1] The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats, a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections in within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.

For other uses, see Member of Parliament (India).

Current Members (2020)

Keys:   SDF (1)

No Name[2] Party affiliation Date of
Appointment		 Date of
Retirement
1 Hishey Lachungpa Sikkim Democratic Front 24-Feb-2018 23-Feb-2024

Alphabetical list of all members from Sikkim

[3]

The list is incomplete.

Name (alphabetical last name)PartyDate of appointmentDate of retirementTermNotes
K. G. BhutiaSDF24/02/200023/02/2006112/08/2000 Death
Palden Tsering GyamtsoSDF22/09/200023/02/20061bye 2000
Hishey LachungpaSDF24/02/201223/02/20181
Hishey LachungpaSDF24/02/201823/02/20242nd*
O. T. LepchaSDF24/02/200623/02/20121
Khamsum Namgyal PulgerSSP20/10/198719/10/1993101/03/1988 Resignation
Leonard Soloman SaringINC20/10/197519/10/19811
Leonard Soloman SaringINC20/10/198119/10/19872nd
Karma TopdenINC30/03/198819/10/19931bye 1988
Karma TopdenINC24/02/199423/02/20002nd

References
  1. Rajya Sabha at Work (PDF) (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
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