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.

History

Sikkim became the 22nd State of India Vide Constitution 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 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 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.
There are 32 members in a legislative assembly. There are 2 seats reserved for scheduled castes, 12 for scheduled tribes out of 32 seats. These scheduled tribes include ethnic tribes such as Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Tamang and other Sikkimese Nepali Communities as specified during the merger of the Kingdom of Sikkim 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.

Constituencies and Members

The tenth assembly was elected in 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election. The current members are listed below:
No.ConstituencyMemberParty
1Yoksam-tashidingSangay LepchaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
2YangthangBhim Hang LimbooSikkim Krantikari Morcha
3Maneybong DentamNarendra Kumar SubbaBharatiya Janata Party
4Gyalshing-BarnyakLok Nath SharmaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
5RinchenpongKarma Sonam LepchaBharatiya Janata Party
6DaramdinMingma Narbu SherpaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
7Soreng-ChakungAditya TamangSikkim Krantikari Morcha
8Salghari-Zoom Sunita GajmerSikkim Krantikari Morcha
9Barfung Tashi Thendup BhutiaBharatiya Janata Party
10Poklok KamrangPrem Singh TamangSikkim Krantikari Morcha
11Namchi SinghithangPawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Democratic Front
12MelliFarwanti TamangBharatiya Janata Party
13Namthang-RateypaniSanjit KharelSikkim Krantikari Morcha
14Temi-NamphingBedu Singh PanthSikkim Krantikari Morcha
15Rangang YangangRaj Kumari ThapaBharatiya Janata Party
16Tumin Lingee Ugyen Tshering Gyatso BhutiaBharatiya Janata Party
17Khamdong-SingtamMani Kumar SharmaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
18West Pendam Lall Bahadur DasSikkim Krantikari Morcha
19RhenockBishnu Kumar SharmaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
20ChujachenKrishna Bahadur RaiBharatiya Janata Party
21Gnathang Machong Dorjee Tshering LepchaBharatiya Janata Party
22NamcheybongEm Prasad SharmaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
23ShyariKunga Nima LepchaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
24Martam-RumtekSonam VenchungpaBharatiya Janata Party
25Upper TadongGay Tshering DhungelSikkim Krantikari Morcha
26ArithangArun Kumar UpretiSikkim Krantikari Morcha
27GangtokYong Tshering LepchaBharatiya Janata Party
28Upper BurtukDilli Ram ThapaBharatiya Janata Party
29Kabi LungchokKarma Loday BhutiaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
30Djongu Pintso Namgyal LepchaBharatiya Janata Party
31Lachen-ManganSamdup LepchaSikkim Krantikari Morcha
32SanghaSonam LamaSikkim Krantikari Morcha