Sangha | |
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Constituency No. 32 for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Sikkim |
LS constituency | Sikkim |
Established | 1958[1][2] |
Total electors | 3,293[3] [needs update] |
Reservation | Sangha[4] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |
Elected year | 2024 |
Sangha Assembly 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 2019, 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]
Election | Name | 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.
Election | Name | Party | |
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1974 | Karma Gompu Lama[12][13] | Sikkim National Congress[14] | |
1979[15] | Lhachen Ganchen Rimpuchhi | Independent | |
1985[16] | Namkha Gyaltsen[13] | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | |
1989[17] | |||
1994[18] | Indian National Congress | ||
1999 | Palden Lama[19] | Independent | |
2004 | Tshering Lama[20] | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Phetook Tsh. Bhutia[21] | Sikkim Democratic Front | |
2014[22] | Sonam Lama | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | |
2019[23] | |||
2024 |
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% | ![]() | |
SDF | Tshering Lama | 858 | 36.11% | ![]() | |
INC | Karma Tashi Bhutia | 17 | 0.72% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 13 | 0.55% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 630 | 26.52% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,376 | 72.15% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,293 | ![]() | |||
SKM hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SKM | Sonam Lama | 1,096 | 49.86% | New | |
SDF | Palden Lachungpa | 971 | 44.18% | ![]() | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 108 | 4.91% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 23 | 1.05% | New | |
Margin of victory | 125 | 5.69% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,198 | 75.69% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,904 | ![]() | |||
SKM gain from SDF | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDF | Phetook Tshering Bhutia | 980 | 49.49% | ![]() | |
INC | Tshering Lama | 925 | 46.72% | ![]() | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 75 | 3.79% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 55 | 2.78% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,980 | 64.75% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,058 | ||||
SDF gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Tshering Lama | 675 | 32.33% | ![]() | |
Independent | Palden Lama | 587 | 28.11% | New | |
SDF | Namkha Gyaltse Bhutia | 449 | 21.50% | New | |
Independent | Thinley Gyatso Lepcha | 310 | 14.85% | New | |
BJP | Samdup Dorjee Lama | 52 | 2.49% | New | |
Independent | Sonam Dorjee | 15 | 0.72% | New | |
Margin of victory | 88 | 4.21% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,088 | 66.99% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,117 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Palden Lama | 1,309 | 66.35% | New | |
INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 370 | 18.75% | ![]() | |
SSP | Dorjee Dadul Lama | 294 | 14.90% | New | |
Margin of victory | 939 | 47.59% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,973 | 61.43% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,290 | ![]() | |||
Independent gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Namkha Gyaltsen Lama | 767 | 47.08% | ![]() | |
SDF | Palden Lama | 643 | 39.47% | New | |
Independent | Sherab Dorji | 150 | 9.21% | New | |
Independent | Karma Tenpa | 40 | 2.46% | New | |
Independent | Tshering Lama | 16 | 0.98% | New | |
Independent | Danen Lama | 13 | 0.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 124 | 7.61% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,629 | 54.02% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,086 | ![]() | |||
INC gain from SSP | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSP | Nanjha Gyaltsen | 806 | 54.72% | ![]() | |
Independent | Bazing | 422 | 28.65% | New | |
INC | Rikzing Lama | 200 | 13.58% | ![]() | |
RIS | Pegyal | 38 | 2.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 384 | 26.07% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,473 | 47.89% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,216 | ![]() | |||
SSP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSP | Namkha Gyaltsen | 383 | 52.32% | New | |
INC | Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi | 349 | 47.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 34 | 4.64% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 732 | 31.88% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,296 | ![]() | |||
SSP gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lhachen Ganchen Rimpuchhi | 733 | 94.22% | New | |
SPC | Pema Lama | 45 | 5.78% | New | |
Margin of victory | 688 | 88.43% | |||
Turnout | 778 | 38.13% | |||
Registered electors | 2,114 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNC | Karma Gonpo Lama | NA | |||
Independent | Pema Chophel Lama[35] | 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 | ||
SJP | 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 | |||||
Independent gain from SNP | Swing |