Sangha Assembly Constituency
This seat is reserved for the Buddhist monastic community (Sangha) of Sikkim. Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat.
Members of the Sikkim State Council
The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, after requests from the monastery associations to the Chogyal.
Election | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1958 | Lharipa Rinzing Lama | Sikkim National Party | |
1967 | Pema Lama | Independent | |
1970 | Rinzing Chewang Lama | ||
1973 | Peyching Lama | Sikkim National Party | |
1974 | Karma Gompu Lama | Sikkim National Congress |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
After the 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum, Sikkim became a state of India and the members of the State Council at the time, were deemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the new state of Sikkim.
Election | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1974 | Karma Gompu Lama | Sikkim National Congress | |
1979 | Lhachen Ganchen Rimpuchhi | Independent | |
1985 | Namkha Gyaltsen | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | |
1989 | |||
1994 | Indian National Congress | ||
1999 | Palden Lama | Independent | |
2004 | Tshering Lama | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Phetook Tsh. Bhutia | Sikkim Democratic Front | |
2014 | Sonam Lama | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | |
2019 | |||
2024 |
Supreme Court case
In 1993, a case was brought in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the reservation for the Sangha constituency and for the Bhutia-Lepcha constituencies in Sikkim, by Ram Chandra Poudyal of the Rising Sun Party. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, judging that the Sangha had played a major part in previous Councils' decision-making and the reservation is not based purely on religious distinctions and is, therefore, not unconstitutional.
Election results
Assembly election 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SKM | Sonam Lama | 1,488 | 62.63% | ![]() | |
SDF | Tshering Lama | 858 | 36.11% | ![]() | |
INC | Karma Tashi Bhutia | 17 | 0.72% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 13 | 0.55% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 630 | 26.52% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,376 | 72.15% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,293 | ![]() | |||
SKM hold | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SKM | Sonam Lama | 1,096 | 49.86% | New | |
SDF | Palden Lachungpa | 971 | 44.18% | ![]() | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 108 | 4.91% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 23 | 1.05% | New | |
Margin of victory | 125 | 5.69% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,198 | 75.69% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,904 | ![]() | |||
SKM gain from SDF | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDF | Phetook Tshering Bhutia | 980 | 49.49% | ![]() | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 925 | 46.72% | ![]() | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 75 | 3.79% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 55 | 2.78% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,980 | 64.75% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,058 | ||||
SDF gain from INC | Swing |
Assembly election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Tshering Lama | 675 | 32.33% | ![]() | |
Independent | Palden Lama | 587 | 28.11% | New | |
SDF | Namkha Gyaltse Bhutia | 449 | 21.50% | New | |
Independent | Thinley Gyatso Lepcha | 310 | 14.85% | New | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 52 | 2.49% | New | |
Independent | Sonam Dorjee | 15 | 0.72% | New | |
Margin of victory | 88 | 4.21% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,088 | 66.99% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,117 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Palden Lama | 1,309 | 66.35% | New | |
INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 370 | 18.75% | ![]() | |
SSP | Dorjee Dadul Lama | 294 | 14.90% | New | |
Margin of victory | 939 | 47.59% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,973 | 61.43% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,290 | ![]() | |||
Independent gain from INC | Swing |
Assembly election 1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 767 | 47.08% | ![]() | |
SDF | Palden Lama | 643 | 39.47% | New | |
Independent | Sherab Dorji | 150 | 9.21% | New | |
Independent | Karma Tenpa | 40 | 2.46% | New | |
Independent | Tshering Lama | 16 | 0.98% | New | |
Independent | Danen Lama | 13 | 0.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 124 | 7.61% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,629 | 54.02% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,086 | ![]() | |||
INC gain from SSP | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly election 1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSP | Nanjha Gyaltsen | 806 | 54.72% | ![]() | |
Independent | Bazing | 422 | 28.65% | New | |
INC | Rikzing Lama | 200 | 13.58% | ![]() | |
RIS | Pegyal | 38 | 2.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 384 | 26.07% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,473 | 47.89% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,216 | ![]() | |||
SSP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly election 1985
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSP | Namkha Gyaltsen | 383 | 52.32% | New | |
INC | Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi | 349 | 47.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 34 | 4.64% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 732 | 31.88% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,296 | ![]() | |||
SSP gain from Independent | Swing |
Assembly election 1979
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lhachen Ganchen Rimpuchhi | 733 | 94.22% | New | |
SPC | Pema Lama | 45 | 5.78% | New | |
Margin of victory | 688 | 88.43% | |||
Turnout | 778 | 38.13% | |||
Registered electors | 2,114 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Sikkim State Council
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNC | Karma Gonpo Lama | NA | |||
Independent | Pema Chophel Lama | NA | |||
Majority | NA | ||||
Turnout | NA | ||||
SNC gain from SNP | Swing | NA |
1973
In the 1973 election, Peyching Lama was elected unopposed.
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rinzing Chewang Lama | 367 | 82.29 | ||
SJP | Karma Lama | 46 | 10.31 | ||
SNC | Kincho Tempa Lama | 33 | 7.40 | ||
Majority | 321 | 71.97 | |||
Turnout | 446 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pema Lama | ||||
Rabzang Lama | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from SNP | Swing |
See also
- List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
- List of Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim
- Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
- Reserved political positions in India