Sikkim Sangram Parishad

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Sikkim Sangram Parishad
सिक्किम संग्राम परिषद
Chairperson Dil Kumari Bhandari
Founded1984
HeadquartersSangram Bhavan, Jewan Theeng Marg, Gangtok, Sikkim
Ideology Democratic socialism
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
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Seats in  Sikkim Legislative Assembly
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Election symbol
Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png [1]

Sikkim Sangram Parishad is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. In 1979, after a period of instability, a ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari from Sikkim Janata Parishad party gained power in Sikkim. In 1984, Bhandari dissolved Sikkim Janata Parishad and formed a new party called Sikkim Sangram Parishad. Sikkim Sangram Parishad held on to power in the 1984 and 1989 elections, but after that lost to Sikkim Democratic Front, which has swept the elections since 1999. Sikkim Sangram Parishad did not win any seats in the state assembly in the 2004 elections. Nar Bahadur Bhandari has merged Sikkim Sangram Parishad with the Indian National Congress and he became the president of the Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC).

In 2013, Nar Bahadur Bhandari revived the Sikkim Sangram Parishad again.

This party had won state election two times in 1984 and 1989.

Electoral records

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
YearTotal SeatsSeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited Deposits % Votes ContestedSource
1985 323230062.20 [2]
1989 323232070.41 [3]
1994 323110135.41 [4]
1999 32327141.88 [5]
2004 321011.01 [6]
Lok Sabha election, Sikkim
YearTotal SeatsSeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited Deposits % Votes ContestedSource
1985 (by-election)1110uncontested
1989 111068.52 [7]
1991 111090.12 [8]
1996 110024.50 [9]
1999 110042.15 [10]
2004 11011.46 [11]

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