Elections in Sikkim

The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha. In the Results list, national parties appear first, state parties second and unrecognized parties, last. Results are presented as by the Election Commission of India. Parties participating as independents are not listed.

Legislative Assembly election results of Sikkim

1974 (Before integration with India)

Sikkim National Congress: 31

Sikkim National Party: 1

Total: 32

1979

Chief Minister : Nar Bahadur Bhandari

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	241	0.33%
Indian National Congress	12	0	1476	2.04%
Janata Party	30	0	9534	13.18%
Sikkim Scheduled Caste League	2	0	85	0.12%
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	27	11	14889	20.58%
Sikkim Janata Parishad	31	16	22776	31.49%
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	32	4	11400	15.76%
Independents	108	1	11938	16.5%
Total:	244	32	72339

1985

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Communist Party of India	2	0	25	0.03%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	336	0.35%
Indian National Congress	32	1	23440	24.15%
Janata Party	20	0	913	0.94%
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	14	0	438	0.45%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	30	60371	62.2%
Independents	94	1	11534	11.88%
Total:	195	32	97057

1989

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	31	0	24121	18.05%
Rising Sun Party	31	0	11472	8.59%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	32	94078	70.41%
Denzong Peoples Chogpi	4	0	298	0.22%
Independents	20	0	3650	2.73%
Total:	118	32	133619

1994

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	3	0	274	0.16%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	270	0.16%
Indian National Congress	31	2	26045	15.02%
Revolutionary Socialist Party	11	0	2906	1.68%
Sikkim Democratic Front	32	19	72856	42%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	31	10	60851	35.08%
Independents	76	1	10255	5.91%
Total:	186	32	173457

1999

Chief Minister : Pawan Chamling

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	398	0.19%
Indian National Congress	31	0	7512	3.67%
Sikkim Democratic Front	31	24	107214	52.32%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	32	7	85827	41.88%
Independents	9	1	3976	1.94%
Total:	105	32	204927

2004

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	667	0.34%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	144	0.07%
Indian National Congress	28	1	51329	26.13%
Sikkim Democratic Front	32	31	139662	71.09%
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad	9	0	1123	0.57%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	1	0	90	0.05%
Independents	16	0	3450	1.76%
Total:	91	32	196465

2009

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

Party		No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	11	0	1966	0.78%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	3	0	272	0.11%
	Indian National Congress	32	0	69612	27.64%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	32	165991	65.91%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	20	0	5516	2.19%
	Nationalist Congress Party	11	0	1065	0.42%
	Independent	16	0	3450	1.37%
	SGPP	27	0	2909	1.16%
	SJEP	6	0	497	0.2%
Total:		167	32	251851

2014

Chief Minister : Pawan Kumar Chamling

 Summary of results of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2014

	Political Party	Flag	Candidates	Number of Votes	Seats Won	Net Change in seats	% of Votes	Change in % of vote
	SDF		32	169983	22	10	55.0%
	SKM		32	126024	10	10	40.8%	-
	INC		32	4390	0	0	1.4%
	BJP		13	2208	0	0	0.7%
	AITC		7	586	0	0	0.2%	-
	Independent		5	1227	0	0	0.4
	NOTA		-	4460	-	-	1.4%	-
			Total	478,861	Turnout	-	Voters	-

2019

Chief Minister : Shri Tamang (a.k.a. Golay)

Party		Contested	Won	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	32	17	7		47.03	6.23
	Sikkim Democratic Front	32	12	7		47.63	7.37
	Hamro Sikkim Party	32	0
	Indian National Congress	32	0			0.77	0.63
	Bharatiya Janata Party	32	2			1.62	0.92
	Independents		0
Total			32
Source: Election Commission of India[1]

References

1. "ECI-ElectionSchedule".