The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the

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legislature of the

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Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at

Gangtok Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district, Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an e ...

, the capital of the state. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 32 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies.

Reservations

The constituencies of Sikkim's legislative assembly have the following reservation status: * 1 constituency (

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) is reserved for registered

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monks and nuns from the state's

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. * 2 constituencies ( West Pendam and Salghari–Zoom) are reserved for people of the

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(SC). * 12 constituencies are reserved for people of the

Bhutia-Lepcha Bhuta-Lepcha is an ethnic grouping consisting of people of the Bhutia and Lepcha communities in Sikkim, India. Both these groups are listed as Scheduled Tribes by the Government of India. After the implementation of the recommendations of the ...

(BL) community. * The rest of the constituencies aren't reserved.

Constituencies

Following are the list of constituencies in the

Legislative Assembly of Sikkim The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state. History Sikkim became the 22nd state of India by ...

References

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