Sangha | |
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Constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
State | Sikkim |
Constituency | Sikkim |
Established | 1958 [1] [2] |
Total electors | 3,293 [3] |
Reservation | Sangha [4] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Sonam Lama |
Party | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |
Elected year | 2014 |
Sangha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a state in the Northeast region of India. It is a part of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. [5] As of 2014, Sonam Lama is the holder of this seat. His current term is expected to end by 2024.
This seat is reserved for the Buddhist monastic community (Sangha) of Sikkim. [4] Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, [6] are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat. [4]
The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, [1] after requests from the monastery associations to the Chogyal. [2]
Year | Member | Party | |
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1958 | Lharipa Rinzing Lama [7] [8] | Sikkim National Party [1] | |
1967 | Pema Lama [9] | Independent | |
1970 | Rinzing Chewang Lama [10] | ||
1973 | Peyching Lama [11] | Sikkim National Party [1] | |
1974 | Karma Gompu Lama [12] [13] | Sikkim National Congress [14] | |
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.
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 [24] 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. [25] [26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SKM | Sonam Lama | 1,488 | 62.63 | 12.77 | |
SDF | Tshering Lama | 858 | 36.11 | 31.20 | |
INC | Karma Tashi Bhutia | 17 | 0.72 | NA | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 13 | 0.55 | 0.50 | |
Majority | 630 | 26.52 | 20.83 | ||
Turnout | 2,376 | 72.15 | 2.61 | ||
Registered electors | 3,293 | 13.39 | |||
SKM hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SKM | Sonam Lama | 1,096 | 49.86 | NA | |
SDF | Palden Luchungpa | 971 | 44.18 | NA | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 108 | 4.91 | 41.81 | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 23 | 1.05 | NA | |
Majority | 125 | 5.69 | 3.90 | ||
Turnout | 2,198 | 74.76 | 10.02 | ||
Registered electors | 2,904 | 5.03 | |||
SKM gain from SDF | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDF | Phetook Tsh. Bhutia | 980 | 49.49 | NA | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 925 | 46.72 | 14.39 | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 75 | 3.79 | 1.30 | |
Majority | 55 | 1.79 | 2.62 | ||
Turnout | 1,980 | 64.74 | 0.32 | ||
Registered electors | 3,058 | 1.89 | |||
SDF gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Tshering Lama | 675 | 32.33 | NA | |
Independent | Palden Lama | 587 | 28.11 | 38.24 | |
SDF | Namkha Gyaltse Bhutia | 449 | 21.50 | NA | |
Independent | Thinley Gyatso Lepcha | 310 | 14.85 | NA | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 52 | 2.49 | NA | |
Independent | Sonam Dorjee | 15 | 0.72 | NA | |
Majority | 92 | 4.41 | 43.18 | ||
Turnout | 2,008 | 64.42 | 4.45 | ||
Registered electors | 3,117 | 5.25 | |||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Palden Lama | 1,309 | 66.35 | 26.88 | |
INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 370 | 18.75 | 28.33 | |
SSP | Dorjee Dadul Lama | 294 | 14.90 | NA | |
Majority | 939 | 47.49 | 40.06 | ||
Turnout | 1,973 | 59.97 | 5.96 | ||
Registered electors | 3,290 | 6.61 | |||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 767 | 47.08 | 7.66 | |
SSP | Palden Lama | 643 | 39.47 | NA | |
Independent | Sherab Dorji | 150 | 9.21 | NA | |
Independent | Karma Tenpa | 40 | 2.46 | NA | |
Independent | Tshering Lama | 16 | 0.98 | 0.84 | |
Independent | Danen Lama | 13 | 0.80 | NA | |
Majority | 124 | 7.43 | 17.50 | ||
Turnout | 1,667 | 54.01 | 6.12 | ||
Registered electors | 3,086 | 4.04 | |||
INC gain from SSP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SSP | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 806 | 54.72 | 2.40 | |
Independent | Bazing | 422 | 28.65 | NA | |
INC | Rikzing Lama | 200 | 13.58 | NA | |
RIS | Pegyal | 38 | 2.58 | NA | |
Independent | Kalzang Lama | 5 | 0.34 | NA | |
Independent | Tshering Lama | 2 | 0.14 | NA | |
Majority | 384 | 24.93 | 20.29 | ||
Turnout | 1,540 | 47.89 | 16.01 | ||
Registered electors | 3,216 | 40.07 | |||
SSP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SSP | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 383 | 52.32 | NA | |
INC | Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi | 349 | 47.68 | 46.54 | |
Majority | 34 | 4.64 | 83.79 | ||
Turnout | 732 | 31.88 | 6.25 | ||
Registered electors | 2,296 | 8.61 | |||
SSP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi | 733 | 94.22 | NA | |
SPC | Pema Lama | 45 | 5.78 | ||
Majority | 688 | 88.43 | |||
Turnout | 806 | 38.13 | |||
Registered electors | 2,114 | ||||
Independent gain from SNC | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNC | Karma Gonpo Lama | NA | |||
Independent | Pema Chophel Lama [27] | NA | |||
Majority | NA | ||||
Turnout | NA | ||||
SNC gain from SNP | Swing | NA | |||
In the 1973 election, Peyching Lama was elected unopposed. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rinzing Chewang Lama | 367 | 82.29 | ||
SJC | Karma Lama | 46 | 10.31 | ||
SNC | Kincho Tempa Lama | 33 | 7.40 | ||
Majority | 321 | 71.97 | |||
Turnout | 446 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Pema Lama | ||||
Rabzang Lama | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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...they were supported by Peyching Lama, who had been elected un-contested from the monasteries...
...election to the State Assembly were held in April, 1974. With exception of one Lepcha-Bhotia seat to a nominee of Sikkim National Party, the remaining 31 seats were captured by the newly formed Sikkim Congress.
...that the Sangha constituted a vital and important role in the life of the community in Sikkim and had played a major part in taking of decisions by the Councils in the past. [...] The reservation of one seat for Sangha to be elected by an Electoral College of Lamaic monasteries is not based purely on religious distinctions and is, therefore, not unconstitutional as violative of Articles 15(1) and 325 of the Constitution.