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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kunga Nima Lepcha
| birth_name = Kunga Nima Lepcha
| caption =
| image =
| birth_date = 1947 or 1948
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Gangtok]], [[East Sikkim]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly|Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| term_start = 2014
| term_end = incumbent
| predecessor = [[Karmatempo Namgyal Gyaltsen]]
| successor = incumbent
| office1 = Minister of Human Resource Development, Law, Legislative & Parliamentary affairs and Land, Revenue and Disaster Management
| constituency1 = [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| term1 = 2019
| term_end1 = incumbent
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = President of [[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|SPCC]]
| constituency2 =
| term_start2 = 20 April 2013
| term_end2 = March 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
| successor2 = [[Akar Dhoj Limbu]] (A. D. Subba)
| party = [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]<br>([[Sikkim Democratic Front|SDF]] > [[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee|SPCC]]([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) >)
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| alma_mater = BA, [[Kalimpong Degree College]], [[North Bengal University]]
| profession = Government Employee, Social Worker
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}}
'''Kunga Nima Lepcha''' is an Indian politician in [[Sikkim]]. He is the acting president of [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]] (SKM), incumbent member of [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] and the state Minister of [[Prem Singh Tamang ministry]].

==Political career==
At first, Kunga Nima Lepcha was the member of the ruling party, [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] (SDF). In January 2004, he seceded from SDF and joined [[Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee]] (SPCC: Sikkim branch of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)). He became the spokesperson of SPCC at the later date. In [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2004]] and [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], he stood as the candidate of INC from [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari constituency]], but he lost and became a runner-up candidate in both elections.

In 20 April 2013, Kunga Nima Lepcha was elected to the president of SPCC after his predecessor, [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]'s secession.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cong axes Bhandari|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/cong-axes-bhandari/cid/1574565|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2 December 2019|date=22 April 2013}}</ref> However, in March 2014, Kunga Nima Lepcha seceded from SPCC<ref>{{cite news|title=17 Cong leaders quit party in Sikkim|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/17-cong-amp-160-leaders-quit-party-in-sikkim-42222.html|newspaper=The Statesman|access-date=2 December 2019|date=2 March 2014}}</ref> and joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]] (SKM) which was led by [[Prem Singh Tamang]] (P. S. Golay). In [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], he stood as the SKM candidate from Shyari and won the seat.

In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF,<ref>{{cite news|title=7 MLAs join SDF|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/7-mlas-join-sdf/cid/1522372|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2 December 2019|date=1 December 2015}}</ref> but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Kunga Nima Lepcha and [[Sonam Lama]] stayed with their party.

In [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], he was nominated to 2 constituencies (Shyari and [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]). He won in both constituencies and SKM obtained the political power in Sikkim. He was appointed to the Minister of Human Resource Development, Law, Legislative & Parliamentary affairs and Land, Revenue and Disaster management in [[Prem Singh Tamang ministry|P. S. Golay Cabinet]]<ref>[http://myneta.info/sikkim2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4715 My Neta]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/sikkim-assembly/who-is-ps-golay-the-new-chief-minister-of-sikkim/article27262867.ece | title=Who is P.S. Golay, the new chief minister of Sikkim | date=27 May 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=30 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/new-sikkim-chief-minister-ps-golay-announced-5-day-working-week-for-government-employees-1536514-2019-05-28 New Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay announced 5-day working week for government employees]</ref><ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/elections/sikkim-assembly/ps-golay-sworn-in-as-sikkim-chief-minister/article27259921.ece P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister]</ref>

== Electoral records ==
; [[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]]
| [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| Lost
| 2nd/3
| 2,415
| 33.71
| -31.07
| 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]]
| [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| Lost
| 2nd/4
| 2,753
| 34.54
| -28.62
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2009>{{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>
|-
| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
| Won
| 1st/3
| 5,324
| 52.23
| +7.32
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2014>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Shyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyari]]
| [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
| Won
| 1st/3
| 6,638
| 54.31
| +11.09
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Shyari Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/shyari-election-results-2019-s21a023|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=2 December 2019|date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Gangtok (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangtok]]
| [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
| Won
| 1st/6
| 3,838
| 51.68
| +11.96
| refunded
| <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=25 November 2019|date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sikkim MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Sikkim Krantikari Morcha politicians]]
[[Category:People from East Sikkim district]]
[[Category:Sikkim MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Lepcha people]]

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