Sikkim Democratic Front

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Sikkim Democratic Front
President Pawan Kumar Chamling
Rajya Sabha  Leader Hishey Lachungpa
Founded4 March 1993(30 years ago) (1993-03-04)
HeadquartersS.D.F Bhawan, Indira Byepass Gangtok, Sikkim
Ideology Democratic socialism
ECI StatusState Party [1]
Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in  Sikkim Legislative Assembly
1 / 32
Election symbol
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Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019.

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History

The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled the Sikkim state from 1994 to 2019 with Pawan Kumar Chamling as the chief minister. The party consolidated its position sweeping the 1999 and 2004 state elections. It won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in the 2004 election. [2] In the 2009 assembly election, the party made a clean sweep, winning all 32 seats. It also retained the lone Lok Sabha seat. [3] In 2014 assembly elections, SDF won 22 seats and retained power.

In May 2016, after the BJP led NDA formed its first government in Assam, a new alliance called the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) was formed with BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma as its convener. [4] The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland too belong to this alliance. Thus, the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the NDA led NEDA. [5]

Pawan Kumar Chamling resigned as CM after 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as former member Prem Singh Tamang's Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. But in August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and in the same month two other legislators joined Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. Thus making Pawan Kumar Chamling the only MLA of his party. [6] [7] [8]

Frontal Organisation

List of Chief Minister

№NameTermTenure
1 Pawan Kumar Chamling
(MLA from Namchi-Singhithang)		12 December 1994 23 May 2019 24 years, 162 days

Electoral records

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
YearTotal SeatsSeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited Deposits % Votes contestedSource
1994 323219142.00 [9]
1999 323124052.83 [10]
2004 323231071.09 [11]
2009 323232067.52 [12]
2009 (by-election)111080.77 [13]
2014 323222056.74 [14]
2014 (by-election)110043.68 [15]
2017 (by-election)111090.15 [16]
2019 323215047.63 [17]
2019 (by-election)330015.18 [18] [19] [20]
Lok Sabha election, Sikkim
YearTotal SeatsSeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited Deposits % Votes contestedSource
1996 111072.15 [21]
1998 111065.72 [22]
1999 111052.56 [23]
2004 111069.84 [24]
2009 111063.30 [25]
2014 111052.98 [26]
2019 110043.92 [27]

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