Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in

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 ...

. He is the State Minister RDD, Cooperative Depart of

Political career

Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sangha constituency in the

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election The election was held on 12 April 2014 for 7th assembly of Sikkim, the northeastern state of India. It elected 32 members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Background Pawan Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous four governments in Si ...

. He won and beat the candidate of ruling party

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). In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF, but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Sonam Lama and Kunga Nima Lepcha stayed with their party. Sonam Lama stood as the SKM candidate from Sangha again. He won the seat and beat the SDF candidate by 26.52% margin. He was appointed to the Minister of Rural Management & Development, Panchayati Raj & Cooperative and Ecclesiastical affairs in P. S. Golay CabinetSKM wins Sikkim assembly election with simple majority
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Electoral records

; Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

References

Living people Sikkim MLAs 2014–2019 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha politicians People from Gangtok district Sikkim MLAs 2019–2024 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Sikkim-politician-stub