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'''Elections in Sikkim''' have been held in the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]] between 1953 and 1974, before its integration with India, and since 1979 after its integration. The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]].

== Assembly Elections ==

=== General elections ===
The general elections took place before [[Sikkim]]'s integration with [[India]].

==== 1953 ====
{{Main|1953 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Total
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|st1t1=6|st2t1=0|st3t1=6
|party2=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes2=|st1t2=0|st2t2=6|st3t2=6
|row3=Appointed members|st1t3=–|st2t3=–|st3t3=6
|total_st1t=6|total_st2t=6|total_st3t=18
|source=<ref name=sdg1953>{{cite journal |journal=Sikkim Darbar Gazette |volume=2 |number=12 |title=Results of elections - 1953 |date=12 May 1953 }}</ref><ref name=TenzingThesis>{{cite thesis |url=http://dspace.cus.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/6961 |title=Monarchy to Democracy Understanding Political Development in Sikkim, 1970-1994 |date=July 2019 |author=Pem Choden Tenzing |access-date= 17 June 2021 |pages=147}}</ref>
}}

==== 1958 ====
{{Main|1958 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|seattype1=Bhutia-Lepcha|seattype2=Nepali|seattype3=Others|seattype4=Total|seattype5=+/–
|party1=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes1=|st1t1=1|st2t1=6|st3t1=0|st4t1=7|st5t1=+1
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes2=|st1t2=5|st2t2=0|st3t2=1|st4t2=6|st5t2=0
|party3=Independent|votes3=|st1t3=0|st2t3=0|st3t3=1|st4t3=1|st5t3=+1
|row4=Appointed members|st1t4=–|st2t4=–|st3t4=–|st4t4=6|st5t4=0
|total_st1t=6|total_st2t=6|total_st3t=2|total_st4t=20|total_st5t=+2
|source=<ref name=sdg1958>{{cite journal |journal=Sikkim Darbar Gazette |volume=8 |number=7 |title=Results of elections - 1958 |date=December 1958 }}</ref><ref name=TenzingThesis/>
}}

==== 1967 ====
{{Main|1967 Sikkimese general election}}
{{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=<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>
}}

==== 1970 ====
{{Main|1970 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|seats1=8|sc1=+3
|party2=[[Sikkim State Congress]]|votes2=|seats2=4|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=3|sc3=–5
|party4=Others|votes4=|seats4=3|sc4=0
|row5=Appointed members|seats5=6|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-160 |title=Sikkim Darbar Gazette - Declaration of the Results of Election, 1970 |date=14 May 1970 |pages=59–60 |access-date= 16 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

==== 1973 ====
{{Main|1973 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim National Party]]|votes1=|seats1=9|sc1=+1
|party2=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|votes2=|seats2=5|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Sikkim Janata Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=2|sc3=–
|party4=Independents|votes4=|seats4=2|sc4=–
|row5=Appointed members|seats5=6|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074152/http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Jrp/pdf/133_10.pdf AC Sinha]
}}

==== 1974 ====
{{Main|1974 Sikkimese general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Sikkim State Council 1974.svg]]
|party1=[[Sikkim National Congress]]|seats1=31|sc1=+26
|party2=[[Sikkim National Party]]|seats2=1|sc2=–8
|total_sc=+8
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140921002208/http://www.sikkimassembly.org/sikkim_legislative_assembly.html Sikkim Assembly]
}}

=== Legislative Assembly elections ===
==== 1979 ====
{{Main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes1=22776|seats1=16
|party2=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes2=14889|seats2=11
|party3=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes3=11400|seats3=4
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=9534|seats4=0
|party5=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes5=1476|seats5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=241|seats6=0
|party7=[[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]|votes7=85|seats7=0
|party8=Independents|votes8=11938|seats8=1
|invalid=3960
|electorate=117157
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ ECI]
}}

==== 1985 ====
{{Main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=60371|seats1=30|sc1=+14
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=23440|seats2=1|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=913|seats3=0|sc3=0
|party4=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes4=438|seats4=0|sc4=–4
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=336|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=25|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=11534|seats7=1|sc7=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2378
|electorate=155041
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/ ECI]
}}

==== 1989 ====
{{Main|1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=94078|seats1=32|sc1=+2
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=24121|seats2=0|sc2=–1
|party3=[[Rising Sun Party]]|votes3=11472|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party4=[[Denzong Peoples Chogpi]]|votes4=298|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=Independents|votes5=3650|seats5=0|sc5=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=5608
|electorate=192619
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/ ECI]
}}

==== 1994 ====
{{Main|1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1994.svg]]
|party1=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]|votes1=72856|seats1=19|sc1=New
|party2=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes2=60851|seats2=10|sc2=–22
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=26045|seats3=2|sc3=+2
|party4=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes4=2906|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes5=274|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=270|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=10255|seats7=1|sc7=+1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=4566
|electorate=217743
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/ ECI]
}}

==== 1999 ====
{{Main|1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2| Party
! No. of candidates
! No. elected<ref name=election1999>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3361-sikkim-1999/ |title=Sikkim 1999 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
! Votes won
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 2
| 0
| {{formatnum:398}}
| {{percentage|398|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}}|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 31
| 0
| {{formatnum:7512}}
| {{percentage|7512|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 31
| 24
| {{formatnum:107214}}
| {{percentage|107214|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad}}|
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
| 32
| 7
| {{formatnum:85827}}
| {{percentage|85827|204927|2}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
| Independents
| 9
| 1
| {{formatnum:3976}}
| {{percentage|3976|204927|2}}
|-
| colspan=2|'''Total:'''
| 105
| 32
| {{formatnum:204927}}
|
|-
|}

==== 2004 ====
{{Main|2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceosikkim.nic.in/Files/election%20history/StatisticalReports_SK_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
! No. of votes
!
%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 4
| 0
| 667
| {{percentage|667|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 1
| 0
| 144
| {{percentage|144|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 28
| 1
| 51329
| {{percentage|51329|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 32
| 31
| 139662
| {{percentage|139662|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad]]
| 9
| 0
| 1123
| {{percentage|1123|196465|2}}
|-
| [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]
| 1
| 0
| 90
| {{percentage|90|196465|2}}
|-
| Independents
| 16
| 0
| 3450
| {{percentage|3450|196465|2}}
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 91
| 32
| 196465
|
|}

==== 2009 ====
{{Main|2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=2|Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 11
| 0
| 1966
| {{percentage|1966|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 3
| 0
| 272
| {{percentage|272|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 32
| 0
| 69612
| {{percentage|69612|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 32
| 32
| 165991
| {{percentage|165991|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad}}"|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| 20
| 0
| 5516
| {{percentage|5516|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 11
| 0
| 1065
| {{percentage|1065|251851|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 16
| 0
| 3450
| {{percentage|3450|251851|2}}
|-
|| || SGPP
| 27
| 0
| 2909
| {{percentage|2909|251851|2}}
|-
|| || SJEP
| 6
| 0
| 497
| {{percentage|497|251851|2}}
|-
|colspan=2| '''Total:'''
| 167
| 32
| 251851
|
|-
! colspan=6 | Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202702/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-04|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==== 2014 ====
{{Main|2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election<ref name=ecia>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PcYdpX1y?url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Partywise assembly election result status|page=|work=ECI|archive-date=2014-05-16|access-date=2014-05-16|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|-
!colspan=2|Political Party
!Candidates
!Number<br/>of Votes
!Seats Won
!Net Change<br>in seats
!% of Votes
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Sikkim Democratic Front}}
||32||169983||22||{{decrease}}10|| 55.0%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
|32||126024||10||{{increase}}10||40.8%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|32||4390||0||0||1.4%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|13||2208||0||0||0.7%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|7||586||0||0||0.2%
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
|5||1227||0||0||0.4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|None of the above}}
| ||4460||-||-||1.4%
|-
|- class="unsortable"
!colspan=2| Total !! !!478,861!! 32!! !!
{{end}}

==== 2019 ====
{{Main|2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=2|Party
!Contested
!Won
!+/–
!Votes
!%
!+/–
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}"|
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
| align="right" |32
| align="right" |17
| align="right" |{{increase}}7
| align="right" |1,65,508
| align="right" |47.03
| align="right" |6.23{{increase}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|
|[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| align="right" |32
| align="right" |15
| align="right" |{{decrease}}7
| align="right" |1,67,620
| align="right" |47.63
| align="right" |7.37{{decrease}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| align="right" |12
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |5,700
| align="right" |1.62
| align="right" |0.92{{increase}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|Indian National Congress]]
| align="right" |24
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |2,721
| align="right" |0.77
| align="right" |0.63{{decrease}}
|-
|bgcolor=darkred|
|[[Hamro Sikkim Party]]
| align="right" |23
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |2,098
| align="right" |0.60
| align="right" |{{steady}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| align="right" |
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |{{steady}}
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |{{steady}}
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| align="right" | || align="right" |'''32'''|| align="right" | |||
|
|
|-
| colspan="8" align="left" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/Schedule/Home.htm|title=ECI-ElectionSchedule|publisher=}}</ref>
|}

==Loksabha Election ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| Chhatra Bahadur Chhetri<ref name=CBC>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha|page=175|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|Pahal Man Subba<ref name=PMS>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha|page=204|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Janata Parishad}}
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]<ref name=NBB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha|page=201|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[1985 Indian general election|1985]]
|[[Dil Kumari Bhandari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| Nandu Thapa<ref name=NT>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha|page=244|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[Dil Kumari Bhandari]]<ref name=DKB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha|page=258|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|rowspan=3| [[Bhim Prasad Dahal]]<ref name=BPD1>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha|page=385|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=BPD2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha|page=233| publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=BPD3>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha|page=224| publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front|rowspan=6}}
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Nakul Das Rai]]<ref name=NDR>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha|page=281|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|rowspan=2|[[Prem Das Rai]]<ref name=PDR1>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results|page=122|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=30 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|archivedate=11 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=PDR2>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |publisher=Election Commission of India |archivedate=17 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135150/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1 }}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]

|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Indra Hang Subba]]
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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