Sikkim Janata Congress (

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: ''Sikkim Popular Congress'') was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 Siligu ...

, active in the struggle for democratic reforms. SJC was founded when the

Sikkim State Congress The Sikkim State Congress, or ''SSC'', was an annexationist political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim. It was founded in 1947 and worked closely with the Indian National Congress (INC) to successfully achieve the annexation of Sikkim to India. ...

and

Sikkim Janata Party Sikkim Janata Party was a political party in Sikkim. The party was founded in Gangtok on December 18, 1969 founded by Lal Bahadur Basnet. The party was formed after a split in the Sikkim National Congress. Basnet, a well-known journalist and form ...

merged, in October 1972. K.C.Pradhan was it’s President. In 1973, SJC merged with Dorjee's Sikkim National Congress.

Electoral history

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Defunct political parties in Sikkim 1972 establishments in Sikkim Political parties established in 1972 Political parties disestablished in 1973 {{India-party-stub