ELECTIONS IN SIKKIM – 2014 RESULT

 

Elections in Sikkim 2014

 
Sikkim is a small state situated on the north eastern border of India. The state is divided into four districts. Moreover there is only one parliamentary constituency in the state. The Lok Sabha elections and the Vidhan Sabha elections will take place on the same day i.e. 12th April during the fourth phase of elections.
 

Sikkim Bye Elections 2014

 

Constituency	status	candidate name	party	Votes
Rangang Yangang	Winner	Rup Narayan Chamling	IND	4788

 

Sikkim 2009

 

Constituency	status	candidate name	party	Votes
Arithang	winner	Narendra Kr. Pradhan	SDF	3320
Barfung	winner	Sonam Gyatso Bhutia	SDF	6049
Chujachen	winner	Puran Kr. Gurung	SDF	8077
Daramdin	winner	Tenzi Sherpa	SDF	6507
Djongu	winner	Sonam Gyatso Lepcha	SDF	4756
Gangtok	winner	Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia	SDF	3506
Gnathang Machong	winner	L.M. Lepcha	SDF	4077
Gyalshing Barnyak	winner	Man Bahadur Dahal	SDF	4967
Kabi Lungchuk	winner	Thenlaytshering Bhutia	SDF	4823
Khamdong Singtam	winner	Am Prasad Sharma	SDF	4298
Lachen Mangan	winner	Tshering Wangdi Lepcha	SDF	2719
Maneybung Dentam	winner	Chandra Maya Subba	SDF	6252
Martam Rumtek	winner	Menlom Lepcha	SDF	6392
Melli	winner	Tulshi Devi Rai	SDF	6307
Namcheybung	winner	Bek Bdr. Rai	SDF	5877
Namchi Singhithang	winner	Pawan Chamling	SDF	5653
Namthang Rateypani	winner	Tilu Gurung	SDF	5988
Poklok Kamrang	winner	Pawan Chamling	SDF	7379
Rangang Yangang	winner	Chandra Bdr Karki	SDF	5558
Rangang Yangang	winner	Chandra Bdr Karki	SDF	5558
Rhenock	winner	Bhim Prasad Dhungel	SDF	5611
Rinchenpong	winner	Dawa Norbutakarpa	SDF	6438
Salghari Zoom	winner	Madan Cintury	SDF	4437
Sangha	winner	Phetooktsh. Bhutia	SDF	980
Shyari	winner	Karmatempo Namgyal Gyaltsen	SDF	5034
Soreong Chakung	winner	Ran Bahadur Subba	SDF	6497
Temi Namphing	winner	Bedu Singh Panth	SDF	4577
Tumen Lingi	winner	Ugent Gyatso Bhutia	SDF	5026
Upper Burtuk	winner	Prem Singhtamang	SDF	5908
Uppertadong	winner	Dil Bahadurthapa	SDF	3148
West Pendam	winner	Neeru Sewa	SDF	4151
Yangthang	winner	Prem Lall Subba	SDF	5770
Yoksam Tashiding	winner	Dawcho Lepcha	SDF	5909

 

Sikkim General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the general elections are given below:
 

Phase 4
No of PCs going to poll 1	(PC no. 1) Click to see Pcs
Issue of Notification	19 Mar 14 (Wed)
Last Date for filing Nominations	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Scrutiny of Nominations	27 Mar 14 (Thu)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	29 Mar 14 (Sat)
Date of Poll	12th April 2014 (Sat)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

List of Parliamentary Constituencies in Sikkim

P.C. Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/GEN)	Names of Assembly Constituencies (Vidhan Sabha)
Sikkim	GEN	Yoksam-Tashiding (BL)	Melli	Shyari (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Yangthang	Namthang-Rateypani	Martam-Rumtek (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Maneybung-Dentam	Temi-Namphing	Uppertadong
Sikkim	GEN	Gyalshing-Barnyak	Rangang-Yangang	Arithang
Sikkim	GEN	Rinchenpong (BL)	Tumen-Lingi (BL)	Gangtok (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Daramdin (BL)	Khamdong-Singtam	Upper Burtuk
Sikkim	GEN	Soreong-Chakung	West Pendam (SC)	Kabi Lungchuk (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Salghari-Zoom (SC)	Rhenock	Djongu (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Barfung (BL)	Chujachen	Lachen Mangan (BL)
Sikkim	GEN	Poklok-Kamrang	Gnathang-Machong (BL)	Sangha
Sikkim	GEN	Namchi-Singhithang	Namcheybung

 

Political parties in the state

The main national parties in the state are:

• The Indian National Congress
• The Bharatiya Janata party
• The Communist Party of India (M)
• The Nationalist Congress Party

• The main regional parties are
• The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
• Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantric Party
• Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad Party
• Sikkim Jan-Ekta Party

 

Administration Process

The constitutional head of the state is Governor and he is appointed by the President of India. The executive powers lies in the hands of chief minister. He along with his council of ministers looks after all the departments of the state like revenue, finance, IT , development, etc. It has a unicameral Legislature with Legislative Assembly having 32 seats.

List of chief Ministers of Sikkim

Sl.No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Pawan Kumar Chamling	Dec 12, 1994	Incumbent	SDF
2	Sanchaman Limboo	Jun 17, 1994	Dec 12, 1994	SSP
3	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	Mar 8, 1985	Jun 17, 1994	SSP
	(President’s rule)	May 25, 1984	Mar 8, 1985	N/A
4	B. B. Gurung	May 11, 1984	May 25, 1984	INC
5	Nar Bahadur Bhandari	Oct 18, 1979	May 11, 1984	SJP
	(President’s rule)	Aug 18, 1979	Oct 18, 1979	N/A
6	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee	May 16, 1975	Aug 18, 1979	INC

 

List of Governors of Sikkim

Sl.No.	Name of Governors	From	To
1	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil	Jul 1, 2013	Incumbent
2	Balmiki Prasad Singh	Jul 9, 2008	Jun 30, 2013
3	Sudarshan Agarwal	Oct 25, 2007	Jul 8, 2008
4	V. Rama Rao	Aug 13, 2006	Oct 25, 2007
5	R.S. Gavai (acting)	Jul 13, 2006	Aug 12, 2006
6	V. Rama Rao	Oct 26, 2002	Jul 12, 2006
7	Kidar Nath Sahani	May 18, 2001	Oct 25, 2002
8	Chaudhary Randhir Singh	Feb 10, 1996	May 17, 2001
9	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (additional charge)	Nov 12, 1995	Feb 9, 1996
10	P. Shiv Shankar	Sep 21, 1994	Nov 11, 1995
11	Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani	Feb 8, 1990	Sep 20, 1994
12	S.K. Bhatnagar	Mar 2, 1989	Feb 7, 1990
13	Bhishma Narain Singh (additional charge)	May 31, 1985	Nov 20, 1985
14	T.V. Rajeswar	Jan 21, 1985	Mar 1, 1989
15	Kona Prabhakar Rao	Jun 18, 1984	May 30, 1985
16	Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan	Jan 10, 1981	Jun 17, 1984
17	B.B. Lal	May 16, 1975	Jan 9, 1981