Kunga Nima Lepcha

Kunga Nima Lepcha is an Indian politician in Sikkim. He is the acting president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), incumbent member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly and the state Minister of Prem Singh Tamang ministry.

Kunga Nima Lepcha
Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
2014 – incumbent
Preceded byKarmatempo Namgyal Gyaltsen
ConstituencyShyari
Minister of Human Resource Development, Law, Legislative & Parliamentary affairs and Land, Revenue and Disaster Management
In office
2019
ConstituencyShyari
President of SPCC
In office
20 April 2013 – March 2014
Preceded byNar Bahadur Bhandari
Succeeded byAkar Dhoj Limbu (A. D. Subba)
Personal details
Born
Kunga Nima Lepcha

1947 or 1948
Political partySKM
(SDF > SPCC(INC) >)
ResidenceGangtok, East Sikkim
Alma materBA, Kalimpong Degree College, North Bengal University
ProfessionGovernment Employee, Social Worker

Political career

At first, Kunga Nima Lepcha was the member of the ruling party, Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF). In January 2004, he seceded from SDF and joined Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC: Sikkim branch of Indian National Congress (INC)). He became the spokesperson of SPCC at the later date. In 2004 and 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, he stood as the candidate of INC from Shyari constituency, but he lost and became a runner-up candidate in both elections.

In 20 April 2013, Kunga Nima Lepcha was elected to the president of SPCC after his predecessor, Nar Bahadur Bhandari's secession.[1] However, in March 2014, Kunga Nima Lepcha seceded from SPCC[2] and joined Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) which was led by Prem Singh Tamang (P. S. Golay). In 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, he stood as the SKM candidate from Shyari and won the seat.

In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF,[3] but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Kunga Nima Lepcha and Sonam Lama stayed with their party.

In 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, he was nominated to 2 constituencies (Shyari and Gangtok). He won in both constituencies and SKM obtained the political power in Sikkim. He was appointed to the Minister of Human Resource Development, Law, Legislative & Parliamentary affairs and Land, Revenue and Disaster management in P. S. Golay Cabinet [4][5][6][7]

Electoral records
Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Year Constituency Political Party Result Position Votes % Votes % Margin Deposit Source
2004 Shyari INC Lost 2nd/3 2,415 33.71 -31.07 refunded [8]
2009 Shyari INC Lost 2nd/4 2,753 34.54 -28.62 refunded [9]
2014 Shyari SKM Won 1st/3 5,324 52.23 +7.32 refunded [10]
2019 Shyari SKM Won 1st/3 6,638 54.31 +11.09 refunded [11]
2019 Gangtok SKM Won 1st/6 3,838 51.68 +11.96 refunded [12]

References
  1. "Cong axes Bhandari". The Telegraph. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. "17 Cong leaders quit party in Sikkim". The Statesman. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "7 MLAs join SDF". The Telegraph. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. My Neta
  5. "Who is P.S. Golay, the new chief minister of Sikkim". The Hindu. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. New Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay announced 5-day working week for government employees
  7. P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister
  8. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  10. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  11. "Shyari Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING". Firstpost. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  12. "Gangtok Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING". Firstpost. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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