2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the ninth Legislative Assembly. The term of the eighth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019.[1][2]
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32 Seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 81.43%  0.46% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the election results. The Sangha seat, elected by the monks, is not shown here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule of election
| Poll Event | Date |
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| Issue of Notification | Monday 18 March 2019 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | Monday 25 March 2019 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | Tuesday, 26 March 2019 |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | Thursday,28 March 2019 |
| Date of Poll | Thursday, 11 April 2019 |
| Counting of Votes | Thursday, 23 May 2019 |
| Date of election being completed | Sunday, 2 June 2019 |
| Source: Election Commission of India[3] | |
Results
Results (Party-wise)
Results were announced on 23 May, 2019.
| Party | Contested | Won | +/– | Votes | % | +/– | |
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| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | 32 | 17 | 7 |
1,65,508 | 47.03 | 6.23 | |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 32 | 15 |  7 |
1,67,620 | 47.63 | 7.37 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 | 0 |  |
5,700 | 1.62 | 0.92 | |
| Indian National Congress | 24 | 0 | |
2,721 | 0.77 | 0.63 | |
| Hamro Sikkim Party | 23 | 0 | |
2,098 | 0.60 | | |
| Independents | 0 | |
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| Total | 32 | ||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India[4] | |||||||
Results (Constituency-wise)
The winners of the election and their parties are listed below. Seats marked SC and BL are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Bhotia-Lepcha respectively.[5]
Changes after election and bye-election
After the assembly election, 1 MLA from SKM and 2 MLAs from SDF each vacated their second seat after being elected from two constituencies. Before the by-elections to these three vacant seats were held, 10 MLAs of SDF defected to BJP and 9 MLAs of SDF defected to SKM, leaving SDF with only 1 MLA.[6] SKM had 18 MLAs and BJP had 10 MLAs. In the by-elections held on 21 October, 2019, BJP won two seats and SKM one seat.[7] The final seat numbers are: SKM 19 seats, BJP 12 seats and SDF 1 seat.
References
- "Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh polls with 2019 Lok Sabha elections likely: EC sources". The New Indian Express.
- "Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh polls with Lok Sabha elections likely: EC sources". 3 December 2018 – via The Economic Times.
- "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
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- "Sikkim Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "2 SDF MLAs Join Ruling SKM In Sikkim A Day After 10 From Party Joined BJP". Outlook.
- "SKM and BJP sweep byelections in Sikkim; big win for Tamang". Frontline.