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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Delay Namgyal Barfungpa
| birth_name = Delay Namgyal Barfungpa
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| birth_date = 1964 or 1965
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| residence = [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]]
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| constituency = [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]
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| office1 = President of [[Sikkim National People’s Party|SNPP]]
| term_start1 = 13 August 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Biraj Adhikari]]
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| party = [[Sikkim National People’s Party|SNPP]] <br>([[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|SPCC]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) >)
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| profession = Social Worker/Businessman
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| source = <ref>{{cite web|title= myneta.info National Election Watch|url=http://myneta.info/sikkim2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4602|publisher=[[Association for Democratic Reforms]] (ADR)|access-date=15 November 2019|year=2019}}</ref>
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'''Delay Namgyal Barfungpa''' (Delay Kazi Barfungpa) is an Indian politician and the incumbent president of [[Sikkim National People’s Party]] (SNPP).

==Political career==
Delay Namgyal Barfungpa was former member of the [[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee]] (SPCC. Sikkim branch of [[Indian National Congress]]) which was led by [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]. Barfungpa contested [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|the Sikkim Legislative seat]] from [[Martam-Rumtek (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rumtek Constituency]], but he was defeated by the candidate of the ruling party [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] (SDF). After this election, he seceded from SPCC at some point from 2004 to 2008.

In 10 October 2008, Delay Namgyal Barfungpa joined [[Sikkim National People’s Party]] (SNPP), which was established by [[Biraj Adhikari]] (former general secretary of SPCC and spokesperson of [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad]] (SHRP)) for fighting with SDF. Barfungpa was appointed to the treasurer of SNPP.<ref>{{cite news|title=State government and central government should protect our right: Biraj Adhikari|url=http://prabinkhaling.blogspot.com/2009/03/gangtok28-marchpress-releasethe-party.html?m=1|newspaper=prabinkhaling.blogspot|access-date=21 November 2019|date=28 March 2009}}</ref> In [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], Barfungpa changed his constituency from Rumtek to [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]. But SNPP had not been able to be registered in the List of Political Parties of [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI). Barfungpa had to run as an independent candidate, and lost by less than 3% votes.

Delay Namgyal Barfungpa was promoted to the vice president of SNPP at some point from 2009 to 2012. In December 2012 Barfungpa petitioned the Supreme Court with corruption allegations against the SDF Government.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delay Namgyal petitions Supreme Court with corruption allegations against CM and State Govt|url=http://sikkimnow.blogspot.com/2012/01/delay-namgyal-petitions-supreme-court.html|newspaper=Sikkim NOW!|access-date=31 October 2019|date=27 January 2012}}</ref> In August 2018 Adhikari resigned from the president and seceded from SNPP.<ref>{{cite news|title=K.N. Upreti & Biraj Adhikari joins Hamro Sikkim Party|url=http://sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=11691|newspaper=Sikkim Express|access-date=31 October 2019|date=6 August 2018}}</ref> Barfungpa didn't follow Adhikari, and Barfungpa was elected to the SNPP president by party members.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delay Namgyal is new SNPP president|url=http://sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=11793&SectionID=|newspaper=Sikkim Express|access-date=31 October 2019|date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

In [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], SNPP had not been able to be registered in the List of Political Parties of ECI before election period, Delay Namgyal Barfungpa and other 2 SNPP candidates had to run as an independent candidates, again. Barfungpa lost and received only 1.31% in Gangtok constituency.

In the By-Election of Sikkim Legislative Assembly 2019 (3 constituencies), Delay Namgyal Barfungpa was planning to contest from Gangtok constituency as an independent candidate third times. Before this By-Election, the candidate of [[Hamro Sikkim Party]] (HSP) from Gangtok constituency, [[Bhaichung Bhutia]] proposed a pre-poll alliance to Barfungpa, but Barfungpa didn't accept it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delay Namgyal critical of BJP entry plan in Sikkim|url=http://sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=87727&SectionID=|newspaper=Sikkim Express|access-date=31 October 2019|date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

Just as that time, SNPP had finally been registered to the List of the Political Parties of ECI as the State Party (Unrecognized) on September 25, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amending notification regarding political parties and their election symbols dated 25.09.2019|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10767-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-election-symbols-dated-25092019/|publisher=ECI|access-date=31 October 2019|year=2019}} SNPP was registered in this list with No.2463.</ref> As the result, this is the first election that Delay Namgyal Barfungpa could contest as the candidate of SNPP.

In this By-Election from Gangtok constituency, the candidate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), [[Yong Tshering Lepcha]] elected by 2,508 (40.88%) votes. At the same time, Delay Namgyal Barfungpa became a runner-up candidate by 1,498 (24.42%) votes, and he could refund his deposit of candidacy.

Delay Namgyal Barfungpa is a candidate with the 2nd highest declared assets (Rs 57,79,62,986), contested in [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim Legislative Assembly Election 2019]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Sikkim Assembly Elections 2019 Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other Details of Candidates |url=https://adrindia.org/content/sikkim-assembly-elections-2019-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and|publisher=[[Association for Democratic Reforms]] (ADR)|access-date=14 November 2019|year=2019}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
; Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Constituency
! Political Party
! Result
! Position
! Votes
! % Votes
! % Margin
! Deposit
! Source
|-
| [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| [[Martam-Rumtek (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rumtek]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| Lost
| 2nd/2
| 4,323
| 43.39
| -13.21
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3363-sikkim-2004/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=2004}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| Lost
| 3rd/5
| 148
| 2.62
| -58.56
| forfeited
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/|publisher=ECI|access-date=31 October 2019|year=2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| Lost
| 4th/6
| 97
| 1.31
| -51.37
| forfeited
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Gangtok Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/gangtok-election-results-2019-s21a027|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=31 October 2019|date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 (by-election)
| [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]
| [[Sikkim National People’s Party|SNPP]]
| Lost
| 2nd/6
| 1,498
| 24.42
| -16.46
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Final result of Gangtok bye-poll|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209019158434/?type=3&theater|newspaper=Sikkim Express (Facebook)|access-date=22 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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