Sikkim Legislative Assembly

The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state.

Sikkim Legislative Assembly
10th Legislative Assembly of Sikkim
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Structure
Seats32
Political groups
Government (31)
  •      SKM (19)
  •      BJP (12)

Others (1)

  •      SDF (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
11 April 2019
Meeting place
Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Website
Sikkim Legislative Assembly

History

Sikkim became the 22nd State of India Vide Constitution(36th Amendment) Act 1975. The Act provides that the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim shall consist of not less than thirty two members and that "the Assembly of Sikkim formed as a result of the elections held in Sikkim in April 1974 with 32 members elected in the said elections (hereinafter referred to as the sitting members) shall be deemed to bsthe legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim duly constituted under the Constitution."

Sikkim is situated in the North East of the union and has a geographical area of 7096 km only having a population of 6.7 lakhs and 40 thousand. It was a tiny Himalayan kingdom once ruled by the hereditary monarchy for about 3 centuries from 17 century A.D. In 1950, the kingdom became a protectorate of the Government of India vested with autonomy in its internal affairs while its defense, communications and external relation under the responsibility of the protector. The kingdom finally opted to become full-fledged State of the Indian Union with effect from 26 April 1975 vide the Constitution 36th Amendment Act 1975 with special provision laid for the State under article 371(F) of the Constitution of India.

Kazi Lhendup Dorjee was the First Chief Minister of Democratic Sikkim state from 1975 to 1979. The 1979 assembly election saw Nar Bahadur Bhandari elected Chief Minister of Sikkim. Nar Bahadur Bhandhari held on to win again in 1984 and 1989. In 1994, Assembly politician Pawan Kumar Chamling became the Chief Minister of Sikkim. In 1999, 2004, 2009,2014-2019 made him the longest-serving Chief Minister in the Country. 2019 Election result not declared.

  • B B Gurung became Chief Minister of Sikkim for 13 days in Sikkim from 11 May 1984 to 25 May 1984.
  • Sanchaman Limboo became Chief Minister of Sikkim for 179 days from 17 June 1994 to 12 December 1994.

Structure
Map of constituencies of Sikkim Vidhansabha

There are 32 members in a legislative assembly. There are 2 seats reserved for scheduled castes (SC), 12 for scheduled tribes (ST) out of 32 seats. These scheduled tribes include ethnic tribes such as Bhutia, Lepcha (Sherpa), Limbu, Tamang and other Sikkimese Nepali Communities as specified during the merger of the Kingdom of Sikkim (monarchy) into India making it the 22nd state of the Indian republic in 1975, setting up a democracy within the state. One Sangha seat is reserved for 2900 monks of over 100 monasteries.[1][2]

Constituencies and Members

The tenth assembly was elected in 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election. The current members are listed below:[3]

No. Constituency Member Party
1 Yoksam-tashiding Sangay Lepcha SKM
2 Yangthang Bhim Hang Limboo SKM
3 Maneybong Dentam Narendra Kumar Subba BJP
4 Gyalshing-Barnyak Lok Nath Sharma SKM
5 Rinchenpong Karma Sonam Lepcha BJP
6 Daramdin Mingma Narbu Sherpa SKM
7 Soreng-Chakung Aditya Tamang SKM
8 Salghari-Zoom (SC) Sunita Gajmer SKM
9 Barfung (BL) Tashi Thendup Bhutia BJP
10 Poklok Kamrang Prem Singh Tamang SKM
11 Namchi Singhithang Pawan Kumar Chamling SDF
12 Melli Farwanti Tamang BJP
13 Namthang-Rateypani Sanjit Kharel SKM
14 Temi-Namphing Bedu Singh Panth SKM
15 Rangang Yangang Raj Kumari Thapa BJP
16 Tumin Lingee (BL) Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia BJP
17 Khamdong-Singtam Mani Kumar Sharma SKM
18 West Pendam (SC) Lall Bahadur Das SKM
19 Rhenock Bishnu Kumar Sharma SKM
20 Chujachen Krishna Bahadur Rai BJP
21 Gnathang Machong (BL) Dorjee Tshering Lepcha BJP
22 Namcheybong Em Prasad Sharma SKM
23 Shyari Kunga Nima Lepcha SKM
24 Martam-Rumtek Sonam Venchungpa BJP
25 Upper Tadong Gay Tshering Dhungel SKM
26 Arithang Arun Kumar Upreti SKM
27 Gangtok Yong Tshering Lepcha BJP
28 Upper Burtuk Dilli Ram Thapa BJP
29 Kabi Lungchok Karma Loday Bhutia SKM
30 Djongu (BL) Pintso Namgyal Lepcha BJP
31 Lachen-Mangan Samdup Lepcha SKM
32 Sangha Sonam Lama SKM
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See also
  • List of states of India by type of legislature
  • Vidhan Sabha

References
  1. Sikkim Legislative Assembly
  2. "Sikkim Assembly polls LIVE: Pawan Chamling's fate hangs in balance as voting begins". Zee news. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. "Sikkim Result Status". ECI. p. 1 to 4. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014.
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