Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (

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: ''Sikkim Revolutionary Front'') is a political party in the

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n state 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 ...

which was the ruling party of Sikkim in 2020. P.S. Golay, a former member of the

Sikkim Legislative Assembly The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim States and territories of India, state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state. History Sikkim be ...

, was one of the prominent figures of the

Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019. History The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled th ...

(SDF) and was a minister in the government of Sikkim. Since December 2009 he has been a vocal critic of

Pawan Kumar Chamling Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 22 September 1949) is an Indian politician and the former Chief Minister of Sikkim. Chamling is the Founding President of the Sikkim Democratic Front, which governed the state for five successive terms since 1994. Ch ...

, the President of the SDF and the former

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of Sikkim. 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.

History

2014 election

On 4 February 2013, SKM was established at

Soreng Soreng is a town and headquarters of the Soreng district, in the Indian state of Sikkim. Soreng is a newly formed District. Soreng is known for its largest production of vegetables, oranges and flowers. The inhabitants ...

, 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. SKM contested assembly election from all 32 constituencies which were held on 12 April 2014. 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 The chief minister of Sikkim is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sikkim, the subnational authority of the Indian state of Sikkim. The chief minister acts as the head of government in the state, chairs the Council of Minist ...

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of the state of Sikkim from 1979 to 1994. He was the founding leader of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad. He was popularly remembered f ...

gave his unconditional support to SKM party withdrawing his party

Sikkim Sangram Parishad 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 di ...

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. For the by-poll of Sikkim Legislative Assembly which were held 13 September 2014, SKM established the alliance with

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(BJP), and supported Bikash Basnet who was a candidate of BJP. In 2017, SKM elected MLA

Kunga Nima Lepcha Kunga Nima Lepcha is an Indian politician in Sikkim. He is the acting president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), incumbent member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly and the state Minister of Prem Singh Tamang ministry. Political career At first, ...

as Acting President of the party and Similarly M.P. Subba and

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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 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

before the 2019 Indian Election but decided to fight alone. 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. They contested on all 32 constituencies of the

and won 17 constituencies, thus ending

's 25-year rule in Sikkim.

Indra Hang Subba Indra Hang Subba is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Sikkim in the 2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 ...

won the

Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituency which covers the entire area of the state of Sikkim. Sikkim participated in its first general elections in 1977 after joining the Union in 1975. ...

by defeating his nearest rival of

Dek Bahadur Katwal 12,443 margin.SKM's Indra Hang Subba wins lone LS seat in Sikkim
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Electoral results

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election ; Lok Sabha election, Sikkim

Frontal Organisation

* Sikkim Krantikari Krishak Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Nari Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Yuva Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Shramik Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Vidyarthi Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Vyapari Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Chalak Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Sainik Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Karmachari Morcha

Chief Ministers

Notes

References

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