2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

10 May 2004

All 32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Pawan Kumar Chamling Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Party SDF INC
Leader's seat Damthang
Seats before 24 0
Seats won 31 1
Seat change +7 +1
Popular vote 139,662 51,329
Percentage 71.09% 26.13%

Chief Minister before election

Pawan Kumar Chamling
SDF

Elected Chief Minister

Pawan Kumar Chamling
SDF

The Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2004 took place on 10 May 2004 for 32 members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Counting and result were declared on 13 May 2004. Sikkim Democratic Front, a regional political party, won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in this election.[1]

Political parties

National parties

  • BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
  • CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  • INC Indian National Congress

State parties

  • SDF Sikkim Democratic Front

Registered (unrecognised) parties

  • SHRP Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad
  • SSP Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Results

Party Candidates Seats won Votes  %
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 667 0.34%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 144 0.07%
Indian National Congress 28 1 51329 26.13%
Sikkim Democratic Front 32 31 139662 71.09%
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad 9 0 1123 0.57%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 1 0 90 0.05%
Independents 16 0 3450 1.76%
Total: 91 32 196465

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(BL/SC/None)
Member Party
YoksamNoneKalawati Subba Sikkim Democratic Front
TashidingBLDawa Narbu Takarpa Sikkim Democratic Front
GeyzingNoneSher Bahadur Subedi Sikkim Democratic Front
DentamNoneDeepak Kumar Gurung Sikkim Democratic Front
BarmiokNoneNarendra Kumar Subba Sikkim Democratic Front
RinchenpongBLDawcho Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
ChakungNonePrem Singh Tamang Sikkim Democratic Front
SoreongNoneRam Bdr. Limbu(subba) Sikkim Democratic Front
DaramdinNoneRan Bahadur Subba Sikkim Democratic Front
Jorthang-NayabazarNoneKedar Nath Rai Sikkim Democratic Front
RalangBLDorjee Dazom Bhutia Sikkim Democratic Front
WakNoneChandra Bahadur Karki Sikkim Democratic Front
DamthangNonePawan Chamling Sikkim Democratic Front
MelliNoneGirish Chandra Rai Sikkim Democratic Front
Rateypani-West PendamSCAita Singh Baraily (kami) Sikkim Democratic Front
Temi-tarkuNoneGarjaman Gurung Sikkim Democratic Front
Central Pendam-East PendamNoneSomnath Poudyal Sikkim Democratic Front
RhenockNoneBhim Pd. Dhungel Sikkim Democratic Front
ReguNoneKarna Bdr. Chamling Sikkim Democratic Front
PathingBLMingma Tshering Sherpa Sikkim Democratic Front
Loosing PachekhaniNoneManita Thapa Sikkim Democratic Front
KhamdongSCBirkha Man Ramudamu Sikkim Democratic Front
DjonguBLSonam Gyatso Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
Lachen MangshilaBLHishey Lachungpa Sikkim Democratic Front
Kabi TingdaBLThenlay Tshering Bhutia Sikkim Democratic Front
Rakdong TentekBLNorzong Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
MartamBLDorjee Tshering Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
RumtekBLMenlom Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
Assam-lingjeyBLKunga Zangpo Bhutia Sikkim Democratic Front
RankaBLNimthit Lepcha Sikkim Democratic Front
GangtokNoneNarendra Kr. Pradhan Sikkim Democratic Front
SanghaSanghaTshering Lama Indian National Congress
Source:Sikkim CEO[2][3]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. โ†‘ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. โ†‘ Sikkim Legislative Assembly Archived 2013-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
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