Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

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Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
AbbreviationSKM
Chairperson Prem Singh Tamang
FounderPrem Singh Tamang
Founded4 February 2013(11 years ago) (2013-02-04)
Headquarters Gangtok, Sikkim
Ideology Democratic socialism
ColoursRed  
ECI StatusState Party [1]
Alliance National Democratic Alliance (2019–present) [2]
Seats in  Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in  Sikkim Legislative Assembly
19 / 32
Election symbol
Symbol SKM.png
Party flag
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha flag.svg
Website
www.myskm.org

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (translation: Sikkim Revolutionary Front) is a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim which is the ruling party of Sikkim since 2019.

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P.S. Golay, a member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, was one of the prominent figures of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and was a minister in the government of Sikkim. Since December 2009 he has been a vocal critic of Pawan Kumar Chamling, the President of the SDF and the former chief minister of Sikkim. [3] He started the party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha on 4 February 2013. Golay became the Chief Minister of Sikkim on 28 May 2019, thus ending the 25-year-rule of Chamling. [4] [5]

History

2014 election

On 4 February 2013, SKM was established at Soreng, a western city of Sikkim. Bharati Sharma was elected the Working President of SKM who is the first female leader of the political party in Sikkim.

In September 2013, P.S. Golay formally seceded from SDF and became the Party President of SKM. [6] [7]

SKM contested assembly election from all 32 constituencies which were held on 12 April 2014. [8] SKM won 10 seats and became the second largest party and opposition in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. They secured 40.8% votes in the election. The former Chief Minister of Sikkim Nar Bahadur Bhandari gave his unconditional support to SKM party withdrawing his party Sikkim Sangram Parishad from participation in elections, 2014 and played an active role during campaigning phase of SKM party. Likely Former Chief Minister of Sikkim B. B. Gurung shown his support to SKM party, resigning from ruling SDF party. [9] [10]

For the by-poll of Sikkim Legislative Assembly which were held 13 September 2014, SKM established the alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and supported Bikash Basnet who was a candidate of BJP. [11]

In 2017, SKM elected MLA Kunga Nima Lepcha as Acting President of the party and Similarly M.P. Subba and Navin Karki as Working President. Party also appointed Arun Upreti as Secretary General of the party.

2019 election

The party came close to allying with Bhartiya Janata Party before the 2019 Indian Election but decided to fight alone. [12] After the 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election it decided to join the National Democratic Alliance on May 26, 2019 led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. [13]

They contested on all 32 constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly and won 17 constituencies, thus ending Pawan Kumar Chamling's 25-year rule in Sikkim. [14]

Indra Hang Subba won the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency by defeating his nearest rival of Sikkim Democratic Front Dek Bahadur Katwal 12,443 margin. [15]

Electoral Performance

Lok sabha election results

ElectionLok sabhaParty leaderSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seatsOverall votes %Vote % in seat contestedref.
2014 16th Prem Singh Tamang 1
0 / 543
Steady2.svg39.47 [16]
2019 17th 1
1 / 543
Increase2.svg147.76 [17]
2024 18th 1
0 / 543
Steady2.svgTBDTBD
Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
YearTotal SeatsSeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited Deposits % Votes ContestedSource
2014 323210042.07 [18]
2019 323217047.03 [19]
2019 (by-election)311084.00 [20]

Frontal Organisation

Chief Ministers

NoNameTermParty [lower-alpha 1] TenureRef
1 Golay 27 May 2019IncumbentSikkim Krantikari Morcha1771 days [21]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

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References

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  2. ↑ Singh, Shiv Sahay (26 May 2019). "SKM stakes claim to govt., joins NDA". The Hindu . Kolkata. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Himalayan Mirror, 5 February 2013, p.1. Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
  4. ↑ "Who is P.S. Golay, the new chief minister of Sikkim". The Hindu. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ↑ New Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay announced 5-day working week for government employees
  6. ↑ Golay says bye to SDF, finally The Telegraph, 4 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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  10. ↑ "Partywise assembly election result status". ECI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Voting starts for Sikkim assembly seat The Economic Times, 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014. Basnet was a SKM candidate on the Sikkim Legislative Assembly Election of April 2014.
  12. ↑ SKM parts ways with BJP in Sikkim
  13. ↑ Singh, Shiv Sahay (26 May 2019). "SKM stakes claim to govt., joins NDA". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  14. ↑ SKM wins 17 assembly seats, set to form govt
  15. ↑ SKM's Indra Hang Subba wins lone LS seat in Sikkim
  16. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
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