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{{Short description|Election in the erstwhile Kingdom of Sikkim}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Sikkimese general election
| country = Kingdom of Sikkim
| type = legislative
| previous_election = 1958 Sikkimese general election
| previous_year = 1958
| next_election = 1970 Sikkimese general election
| next_year = 1970
| election_date = 16 March 1967<ref>{{cite news |title=Around the World |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgorAAAAIBAJ&q=sikkim&pg=PA25&article_id=6161,254029#v=onepage |date=16 March 1967 |quote=Voters go to polls today in the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, ... |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref>
| seats_for_election = 18 seats in the [[State Council (Sikkim)|Sikkim State Council]]
| image_size = 100px

| party3 = Sikkim State Congress
| last_election3 = 7
| seats3 = 2

| party2 = Sikkim National Party
| last_election2 = 6
| seats2 = 5
| image2 = Swastika right-facing.svg

| party1 = Sikkim National Congress
| last_election1 = NA
| seats1 = 8
| image1 = Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg
}}
'''General elections''' were held in [[Sikkim]] in March 1967, having been due earlier but postponed after a [[state of emergency]] was declared following the [[Sino-Indian War]].<ref name=HB>Hamlet Bareh (2001) ''Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim'' Mittal Publications, p17</ref> The [[Sikkim National Congress]] emerged as the largest single party, winning eight of the 24 seats.<ref name=HB/> Although the [[Sikkim National Party]] won only five seats, its parliamentary faction was joined by three others (one each from the Tsong ([[Limbu people|Limbu]]), [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]] and [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled caste]] reserved seats).<ref name=HB/>

==Electoral system==
The [[State Council (Sikkim)|State Council]] was established in 1953 by the [[Chogyal]].<ref name=HB2>Bareh, p16</ref> It originally had 18 members, of which 12 were elected and six (including the President) appointed by the Chogyal.<ref name=HB2/> Of the 12 elected members, six were for the [[Nepali Indian|Nepali community]] and six for the [[Bhutia-Lepcha]] community.<ref name=HB2/> For the 1958 elections the number of seats was increased to 20 by adding one seat for the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]] and an additional appointed member.<ref name=HB2/> In 1966, a further four seats had been added; one each for the Nepali and Lepcha/Bhutia communities, together with one for the Tsong ([[Limbu people|Limbu]])<ref name=tsong>{{cite journal |url=http://jogltep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JOGLTEP5.pdf |title=The Tsongs (Limbus) Down the Ages in Sikkim |journal=Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies|volume=5 |issue=2 |date=1 December 2019 |author=Buddhi L. Khamdhak |accessdate= 3 February 2021 |quote=The Sikkimi Tsongs, Limbus or Yakthungs, are the Indigenous inhabitants of Sikkim. They are also commonly called 'Tsong' by the Bhutias and Lepchas in Sikkim}}</ref> and a scheduled caste seat.<ref name=HB/>

Candidates for election to the Council had to be at least 30 years old, whilst the voting age was set at 21.<ref name=HB/>

==Results==
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes1=|seats1=8|sc1=New
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes2=|seats2=5|sc2=–1
|party3=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=2|sc3=–5
|party4=Others|votes4=|seats4=3|sc4=+3
|row5=[[#Appointed members|Appointed members]]|seats5=6|sc5=–1
|total_sc=+4
|source=Hamlet Bareh
}}

===Constituency-wise===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Constituency
!Reservation
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|1
|rowspan=2 |Gangtok
|[[Bhutia-Lepcha]]
|R. Namgyal
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|2
|[[Nepali people|Sikkimese Nepali]]
|Chatur Singh Rai
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|3
|rowspan=3 |East
|rowspan=2 |[[Bhutia-Lepcha]]
|Netuk Bhutia
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Party]]
|-
|4
|Nima Tenzing
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Party]]
|-
|5
|[[Nepali people|Sikkimese Nepali]]
|[[Nahakul Pradhan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim State Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim State Congress]]
|-
|6
|rowspan=3 |South
|[[Bhutia-Lepcha]]
|Nayan Tsering Lepcha
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Party]]
|-
|7
|rowspan=2 |[[Nepali people|Sikkimese Nepali]]
|Garjaman Gurung
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|8
|Thakur Singh Rai
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|9
|rowspan=3 |West
|[[Bhutia-Lepcha]]
|Ongden Lepcha
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|10
|rowspan=2 |[[Nepali people|Sikkimese Nepali]]
|Bhim Bahadur Gurung
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|11
|Premlall Tiwari
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|12
|rowspan=3 |North
|rowspan=2 |[[Bhutia-Lepcha]]
|Martam Topden
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Party]]
|-
|13
|Pawo Tensung Bhutia
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Party}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Party]]
|-
|14
|[[Nepali people|Sikkimese Nepali]]
|Jitbahadur Lama
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim State Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim State Congress]]
|-
|15
|rowspan=4 |[[At-large|General]]
|None
|Lendhup Dorji Khangsarpa
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim National Congress]]
|-
|16
|[[Sangha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sangha]]
|Pema Lama
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|17
|[[Limbu people|Tsong]]
|Harka Dhoj Tsong<ref name=tsong/><ref name="meeting21Dec"/><ref name="nominationPapers">{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |page=158 |title=List of people who filed nomination papers |date=17 January 1967 |author=Election Committee |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|18
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|Purna Bahadur Khati<ref name="meeting21Dec"/><ref name="nominationPapers"/>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=6 | Source: Sikkim Darbar Gazette<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1967 |date=8 April 1967 |pages=67–68 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Appointed members===
In addition to the elected members, six members were appointed to the Sikkim State Council by the [[Chogyal]], which included R. N. Haldipur (Dewan of Sikkim and President of the Council), M. M. Rasailly, Hon. Lt. P. B. Basnet, Sonam Wangyal, I. B. Gurung, and Sangey Tempo.<ref name="meeting21Dec">{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-74 |page=2 |title=Council Meeting Book |date=21 December 1967 |access-date= 22 June 2021}}</ref>

==Executive Council==
From the elected members, the following were appointed as members of the Executive Council, by the [[Chogyal]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Documents regarding the election results and proceedings of Executive Council |date=31 May 1967 |pages=20 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Name
!Role
|-
|1
|Netuk Tsering
|Executive Councillor
|-
|2
|Bhim Bahadur Gurung
|Executive Councillor
|-
|3
|[[Nahakul Pradhan]]
|Executive Councillor
|-
|4
|Nayan Tsering
|Deputy Executive Councillor
|-
|5
|Nima Tsering
|Deputy Executive Councillor
|-
|6
|Thakur Singh Rai<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Documents regarding the election results and proceedings of Executive Council |date=9 July 1967 |pages=25 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
|Deputy Executive Councillor
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sikkimese elections}}

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