Rising Sun Party

Rising Sun Party
Leader	Ram Chandra Poudyal
Founder	Ram Chandra Poudyal
Split from	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)
ECI Status	unrecognized party
Seats in  Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in  Sikkim Legislative Assembly	0 / 32
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Rising Sun Party (RIS) was a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. The founder and president was Ram Chandra Poudyal (R. C. Poudyal) who was one of the leaders from Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary). ^[1]

In 1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election and Sikkim Lok Sabha election, RIS was one of the main rivals for the ruling party, Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SSP). ^[1] But in this Legislative Assembly election, RIS couldn’t win any seat and received only 8.59% (8.88% in seats contested) votes. In Lok Sabha election, R. C. Powdyal stood as the candidate of RIS, but he lost and couldn’t refund his deposit of candidacy.

Since 1990, RIS didn’t participate any election in Sikkim, and it isn’t registered in the list of political parties in Sikkim by Election Commission of India (ECI). ^[2]

Electoral records

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Year	Total Seats	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Forfeited Deposits	% Votes Contested	Source
1989	32	31	0	25	8.88	[3]

Lok Sabha election, Sikkim

Year	Total Seats	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Forfeited Deposits	% Votes Contested	Source
1989	1	0	0	1	9.62	[4]

References

1. Mahendra P. Lama, ed. (1994). Sikkim: Society, Polity, Economy, Environment. South Asia Books, p.105. ISBN   8170997941 . Retrieved 27 November 2019.
2. "Political Parties". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Election Department Sikkim. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
3. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 1989. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
4. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.