Elections in Sikkim

Legislative Assembly election results of Sikkim

The total number of seats in the assembly is 32, including one seat reserved for the Sangha. Results list national parties 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.

1974 (Before integration with India)

Sikkim National Congress: 31

Sikkim National Party: 1

Total: 32

1979

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

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

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

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