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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Athup Lepcha
| birth_name = Athup Lepcha
| caption =
| image =
| birth_date = 1944 or 1945
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Mangan, Sikkim]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/sikkim2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4746 | title=Athup Lepcha(Hamro Sikkim Party):Constituency- DJONGU(NORTH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate }}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of the [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1985
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Minister of Forest and Environment, [[Government of Sikkim]]
| constituency1 = [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| term_start1 = 1979
| term_end1 = 1984
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| party = [[Hamro Sikkim Party|HSP]]<br>([[Sikkim Janata Party|SJP]] > [[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|SPCC]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) >)
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| alma_mater =
| profession = Farmer, the President of [[Affected Citizens of Teesta]] (ACT)
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}}

'''Athup Lepcha''' is an Indian politician and environmental activist. He is the vice president of [[Hamro Sikkim Party]] (HSP) and the president of "[[Affected Citizens of Teesta]]" (ACT), [[Non-governmental organization]] for environment and biodiversity.

==Political career==
In [[1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], Athup Lepcha stood as a candidate of [[Sikkim Janata Parishad]] (SJP) from [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu Constituency]]. He won and beat the candidate of Janata Party, incumbent chief minister of Sikkim, [[Kazi Lhendup Dorjee]]. Athup Lepcha appointed to the State Minister for Forest and Environment in [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]] ministry.

In 1984, Athup Lepcha became one of the leaders of anti-Bhandari, and denounced the corruption of Bhandari. Bhandari ousted Athup Lepcha from his political party.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications, pp.138-140.|isbn=978-8170997948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC&q=%22Athup+Lepcha%22+Minister&pg=PA140|volume= Encyclopedia of North-East India vol.7|editor=H.M. Bareh|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> In [[1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], Athup Lepcha stood as a candidate of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). However, he was beaten by [[Sonam Choda Lepcha]] who was the candidate of [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]] (SSP) which was led by Bhandari.

In [[1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], Athup Lepcha stood as a candidate of INC and fought with Sonam Choda Lepcha again, but Athup lost and the margin with Sonam Choda was increased. In [[1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], Athup Lepcha couldn’t get any political parties’ ticket, and stood as an independent candidate. He received only 9 votes.

Athup Lepcha turned to the environmental protection movement, and he became the president of "[[Affected Citizens of Teesta]]" (ACT), [[Non-governmental organization]] for environment and biodiversity.<ref>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.actsikkim.com/aboutus.html|publisher=Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACI)|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>

In May 2018, Athup Lepcha came back to political circle of Sikkim after 24 years, and joined [[Hamro Sikkim Party]] (HSP) which was led by [[Bhaichung Bhutia]]. Athup Lepcha was appointed one of the 9 vice presidents of HSP.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamro Sikkim Party launched at Daramdin|url=http://www.sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=10647|newspaper=Sikkim Express|access-date=11 November 2019|date=1 June 2018}}</ref> In [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], he stood as a candidate of HSP from Djongu 5th times, he secured 88 votes (1.04%) with 4th position.

== Electoral records ==
; [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] election
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Constituency
! Political Party
! Result
! Position
! Votes
! % Votes
! % Margin
! Deposit
! Source
|-
| [[1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1979]]
| [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| [[Sikkim Janata Parishad|SJP]]
| Won
| 1st/4
| 865
| 45.79
| +19.16
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1979 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1979}}</ref>
|-
| [[1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| Lost
| 2nd/5
| 765
| 32.72
| -30.11
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1985}}</ref>
|-
| [[1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| Lost
| 2nd/3
| 810
| 25.47
| -47.55
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1989}}</ref>
|-
| [[1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
| [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| Lost
| 4th/4
| 9
| 0.23
| -40.09
| forfeited
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1994}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Djongu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Djongu]]
| [[Hamro Sikkim Party|HSP]]
| Lost
| 4th/4
| 88
| 1.04
| -65.13
| forfeited
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Djongu Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/djongu-election-results-2019-s21a030|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=18 November 2019|date=27 May 2019|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608084225/https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/djongu-election-results-2019-s21a030|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sikkim politicians]]
[[Category:People from North Sikkim district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Lepcha people]]

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