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 Siligu ...

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 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 ...

, 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 the ...

(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. ...

, 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, 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 Nar Bahadur Bhandari gave his unconditional support to SKM party withdrawing his party Sikkim Sangram Parishad 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 Bhim Bahadur Gurung (11 October 1929 – 28 March 2022) was the third Chief Minister of Sikkim. He held office from 11 May until 24 May 1984, the shortest term in the history of Sikkim. Personal life Gurung was born on 11 October 1929 at Chak ...

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 as Acting President of the party and Similarly M.P. Subba and Navin Karki as Working President. Party also appointed Arun Upreti as Secretary General of the party.

2019 election

The party came close to allying with

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before the 2019 Indian Election but decided to fight alone. After the

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the ninth Legislative Assembly. The term of the ninth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019. Schedule of election Results Results (P ...

it decided to join the

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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 won the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency 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

{{Indian political parties 2013 establishments in Sikkim Political parties in Sikkim Political parties in India Political parties established in 2013