1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim, in 1994, to elect the 32 members of the fifth Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1994
32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Leader Nar Bahadur Bhandari Pawan Kumar Chamling Party Sikkim Sangram Parishad Sikkim Democratic Front Leader's seat Soreng-Chakung Damthang Last election 32 New Seats won 10 19 Seat change 21 19 Popular vote 60,851 72,856 Percentage 35.08 42
Chief Minister of Sikkim before election Nar Bahadur Bhandari Sikkim Janata Parishad Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Results

Party		No. of candidates	No. elected	Votes won	%
	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

Elected members

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Member	Party
1	Yoksam	Ashok Kumar Subba		Independent
2	Tashiding	Thutop Bhutia		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
3	Geyzing	Dal Bahadur Gurung		Sikkim Democratic Front
4	Dentam	Chakra Bahadur Subba
5	Barmiok	Tulshi Pd. Pradhan
6	Rinchenpong	Phur Tsh. Lepcha
7	Chakung	Prem Singh Tamang
8	Soreng	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
9	Daramdin	Ran Bahadur Subba		Sikkim Democratic Front
10	Jorthang-Nayabazar	Bhoj Raj Rai
11	Ralong	Dorjee Dazom Bhutia
12	Wak	Kedar Nath Rai
13	Damthang	Pawan Kumar Chamling
14	Melli	Girish Chandra Rai
15	Rateypani - West Pendam	Aita Sing Kami
16	Temi- Tarku	Garjaman Gurung
17	Central Pendam-East Pendam	Dilli Pd. Kharel
18	Rhenock	Kharananda Upreti		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
19	Regu	Karna Bdr. Chamling		Sikkim Democratic Front
20	Pathing	Ram Lepcha		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
21	Loosing Pachekani	Dil Bdr. Thapa		Sikkim Democratic Front
22	Khamdong	Gopal Lamichaney
23	Djongu	Sonam Choda Lepcha		Indian National Congress
24	Lachen Mangshila	Hishey Lachungpa		Sikkim Democratic Front
25	Kabi Tingda	Thenlay Tsering Bhutia
26	Rakdong-Tentek	Mingma Tsh. Sherpa		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
27	Martam	Dorjee Tsh. Lepcha
28	Rumtek	Menlom Lepcha
29	Assam Lingjey	Tseten Tashi
30	Ranka	Rinzing Ongmu
31	Gangtok	Narendra Kr. Pradhan
32	Sangha	Nanjha Gyaltsen		Indian National Congress
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

References

1. "No match for Sikkim's victorious regional parties since 1979". The Times of India. PTI. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
2. "Success in Sikkim eludes national parties". Business Standard. PTI. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Sikkim 1994 - Sikkim - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2021.