Sangha Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of

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 ...

, a state in the

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region of

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. It is a part of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019,

Sonam Lama Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in Sikkim. He is the State Minister RDD, Cooperative Depart of Sikkim Political career Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sangha constituency in the 2014 Sikkim ...

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. Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat.

Members of Sikkim State Council

The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, after requests from the monastery associations to the

Chogyal The Chogyal ("Dharma Kings", ) were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty. The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1975, when the monarchy was abolished and the Sikkimese people ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

After the

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, challenging the reservation for the Sangha constituency and for the Bhutia-Lepcha constituencies in Sikkim, by

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of the

Rising Sun Party Rising Sun Party (RIS) was a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. The founder and president was Ram Chandra Poudyal (R. C. Poudyal) who was one of the leaders from Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary). In 1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly ...

. 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.

Members of Sikkim State Council

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Results

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

1994

1989

1985

1979

Sikkim State Council

1974

1973

1970

1967

See also

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