Sikkim Democratic Front

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Flag of the Sikkim Democratic Front, the colors are supposed to symbolize the following values: blue for determination, progress and national integration, yellow for purity, self-sacrifice and humanity, red for happiness, social change, courage and freedom.

The Sikkim Democratic Front ( SDF , Nepali : सिक्किम प्रजातान्त्रिक मोर्चा) is the largest and the current ruling party in the Indian state of Sikkim . It was founded on March 4, 1993 by Pawan Chamling , who was party chairman and chief minister of Sikkim until 2019 . The party ruled the state from 1994 to 2019 and further expanded its majority in the local parliament in the 1999, 2004 and 2009 elections. In the regional parliament election on April 30, 2009, the Sikkim Democratic Front even won all 32 seats (100%). In the all-Indian elections for Lok Sabha from 1994 to 2014 , she won the one seat that Sikkim has in the Indian parliament.

In September 2013 a parliamentary group split up under the SDF MP and ex-minister Prem Singh Tamang (also known as PS Golay) under the name Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). In the elections to parliament in Sikkim in 2014, the SDF suffered losses, but was able to maintain its parliamentary majority. In the subsequent election on April 11, 2019, the SDF only had 15 constituency mandates and had to cede the office of Chief Minister to Prem Singh Tamang, whose SKM had 17 members. The Lok Sabha constituency of Sikkim was also won by the SKM candidate in the all- India parliamentary election , which took place at the same time .

Election results

An umbrella is used on the ballot papers and election posters as an election symbol for the SDF

The following table shows the election results in the all-India parliamentary elections and in the elections in Sikkim. In the case of the Lok Sabha elections , the figures refer to all of India.

year choice Voting shares Parliament seats
1994 Parliamentary election in Sikkim 1994 42.0%
19/32
1998 IndiaIndia Elected Lok Sabha 1996 <0.1%
1/543
1998 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha in 1998 <0.1%
1/543
1999 Parliamentary election in Sikkim 1999 52.3%
24/32
1999 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 1999 <0.1%
1/543
2004 Parliamentary election in Sikkim 2004 71.1%
31/32
2004 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2004 <0.1%
1/543
2009 General election in Sikkim 2009 65.9%
32/32
2009 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2009 <0.1%
1/543
2014 General election in Sikkim 2014 55.0%
22/32
2014 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2014 <0.1%
1/543
2019 Parliamentary election in Sikkim 2019 %
15/32
2019 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2019 <0.1%
0/543

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.smilingsikkim.org website of the party
  2. ↑ http://www.smilingsikkim.org website of the party, chapter "President"
  3. ↑ a b c Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed on June 3, 2016 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  4. ↑ Golay says bye to SDF, finally. The Telegraph (Calcutta), September 5, 2013, accessed June 11, 2016 .

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