Sonam Lama

Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in Sikkim. He is the State Minister of Sikkim.

Sonam Lama
Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
2014 – incumbent
Preceded byPhetooktsh Bhutia
ConstituencySangha
Minister of Rural Management & Development, Panchayati Raj & Cooperative and Ecclesiastical affairs
In office
2019
ConstituencySangha
Personal details
Born
Sonam Lama

1975 or 1976
Political partySKM
ResidenceSingtam, East Sikkim
ProfessionMonk

Political career

Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sangha constituency in the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election. He won and beat the candidate of ruling party Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).

In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF,[1] but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Sonam Lama and Kunga Nima Lepcha stayed with their party.

Sonam Lama stood as the SKM candidate from Sangha again. He won the seat and beat the SDF candidate by 26.52% margin. He was appointed to the Minister of Rural Management & Development, Panchayati Raj & Cooperative and Ecclesiastical affairs in P. S. Golay Cabinet [2][3][4]

Electoral records
Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Year Constituency Political Party Result Position Votes % Votes % Margin Deposit Source
2014 Sangha SKM Won 1st/3 1,096 49.86 +5.75 refunded [5]
2019 Sangha SKM Won 1st/3 1,488 62.63 +26.52 refunded [6]

References
  1. "7 MLAs join SDF". The Telegraph. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. My Neta
  3. "Monk-turned-politician Sonam Lama to fight for bringing back Karmapa". The Economic Times. PTI. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. SKM wins Sikkim assembly election with simple majority
  5. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. "Shyari Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING". Firstpost. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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