2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
{{Short description|2009 election of the Indian state assembly of Sikkim}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = 30 April 2009
| seats_for_election = All 32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
|majority_seats = 17
| turnout = 83.78%SDF is being marked as part of UPA for the purpose of this Infobox since they provide support to the UPA Government at the centre. However, they are not officially part of the UPA and did not fight the Sikkim election alongside the UPA {{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524073847/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052055241200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-24|title= All my State wants is justice: Chamling |date=2009-05-20|work=The Hindu|accessdate=2009-10-28}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian Election Symbol Umberlla.png|bSize=130|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=13|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = Pawan Kumar Chamling
| leader_since1 = 1994
| party1 = Sikkim Democratic Front
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat1 = Poklok–Kamrang
| running_mate1 =
| last_election1 = 31
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 = 17
| seats1 = 32
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote1 = 165,991
| percentage1 = 65.91%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.18%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg|bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = Nar Bahadur Bhandari
| leader_since2 =
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat2 = Soreng–Chakung, Tumin–Lingee (both lost)
| last_election2 = 1
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 = 17
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote2 = 69,612
| percentage2 = 27.64%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.51%
| map_image = 2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption =
| title = Chief Minister
| before_election = Pawan Kumar Chamling
| before_party = Sikkim Democratic Front
| after_election = Pawan Kumar Chamling
| after_party = Sikkim Democratic Front
}}
The Sikkim Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state for all 32 legislative assembly seats along with the third phase of 2009 Indian general elections on 30 April 2009. The results were declared on 5 May 2009. The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) further strengthened their majority in the Sikkim Assembly by winning all the seats. Incumbent Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling's Government returned for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term having won previous elections in 1994, 1999, and 2004.
Previous Assembly
In the 2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, the SDF almost had a clean-sweep winning 31 of the 32 seats in the state. Congress was the only other party to win any seats, winning the Sangha seat that is reserved for the monks and nuns of Sikkim's many monasteries. P.K. Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous two Governments in Sikkim having first formed the Government after the 1994 election, when they won 19 seats within a year of the party being formed),{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410003205/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-SK94.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=Election Commission of India}} and then again after the 1999 election, when they increased their tally to 24 seats.{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410001824/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-SK99.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2009|access-date=2009-10-28|publisher=Election Commission of India}} Chamling's third term began on May 21, 2004, when he and his 11cabinate ministers were sworn in by the then Governor of Sikkim V. Rama Rao.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702212205/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052201091300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-02|title= Will strive to remove urban, rural disparities: Chamling |last=Dam|first=Marcus|date=2009-05-21|work=The Hindu|accessdate=2009-10-28}}
Background
With the tenure of the Sikkim Assembly scheduled to expire on 23 May 23, 2009, the Election Commission of India announced{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |title=General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim |date=2 March 2009 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061120/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 }} on 2 March 2009, that the elections to the Sikkim Assembly would be held at the same time as the general election. Sikkim voted in the third phase of the 5-phase national election.
Though SDF had provided external support to Manmohan Singh's Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre since 2004, the SDF and Congress were the main political opponents in Sikkim. Ironically, the Congress was led in the state by Nar Bahadur Bhandari, mentor and former colleague of Chamling.
In this election UDF was formed by coalition of BJP, INC and few other parties, which was thrown into disarray with its constituents appearing to go separate.
=Schedule of election=
| class="wikitable" |
| Poll Event
! Dates |
|---|
| Announcement & Issue of Press Note
| align="center" | Monday, 02 Mar 2009 |
| Issue of Notification
| align="center" | Thursday, 02 Apr 2009 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations
| align="center" | Thursday, 09 Apr 2009 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations
| align="center" | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature
| align="center" | Monday, 13 Apr 2009 |
| Date of Poll
| align="center" | Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 |
| Counting of Votes on
| align="center" | Saturday, 16 May 2009 |
| Date of election being completed
| align="center" | Saturday, 23 May 2009 |
| Constituencies Polling on this day
! 32 |
| colspan=2 align="center" | Source: Election Commission of India |
Parties Contested
| class="wikitable" |
| Party Type
! Code ! Party Name ! Number of ! Total |
|---|
| rowspan=4 | National Parties
| BJP | 11 | rowspan=4 align="center" | 57 |
| CPM
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |
| INC
| 32 |
| NCP
| 11 |
| State Parties
| SDF | 32 | align="center" | 32 |
| rowspan=3 | Unrecognised or Unregistered Parties | SGPP | Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party | 27 | rowspan=3 align="center" | 53 |
| SHRP
| Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad | 20 |
| SJEP
| Sikkim Jan-Ekta Party | 6 |
| Independents
| n/a | Independents | 25 | align="center" | 25 |
| colspan=4 | Total:
! 167 |
| colspan=5 | Source: Election Commission of India{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202702/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-04 |website=eci.nic.in |publisher=Election Commission of India}} |
Results
The SDF went from strength to strength and this time won even the single seat that had eluded them in 2004. With a clean sweep of all 32 seats in the state, Chamling was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister by Governor B.P. Singh at the Gangtok Raj Bhawan on May 20, 2009. This Government included Neeru Sewa and Tilu Gurung who became the first ever women Cabinet ministers in Sikkim.
{{Election results
|image=
|party1=Sikkim Democratic Front|votes1=165991|seats1=32|sc1=+1
|party2=Indian National Congress|votes2=69612|seats2=0|sc2=–1
|party3=Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad|votes3=5516|seats3=0|sc3=0
|party4=Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party|votes4=2909|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes5=1966|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=Nationalist Congress Party|votes6=1065|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Sikkim Jan-Ekta Party|votes7=497|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes8=272|seats8=0|sc8=0
|party9=Independents|votes9=4023|seats9=0|sc9=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=885
|electorate=300584
|source=[https://ceosikkim.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Report/Stats_SK_April2009.pdf CEO Sikkim]
}}
= Results by constituency =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency !Turnout ! colspan="5" |Winner ! colspan="5" |Runner Up ! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin | |||||||||||
| #k
! Names !% ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | Party ! data-sort-type=number | Votes !% ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | Party ! data-sort-type=number | Votes !% | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoksam–Tashiding | 86.94% | Dawcho Lepcha | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,909 | 71.75% | Aden Tshering Lepcha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,666 | 20.23% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,243 |
| 2 | Yangthang | 85.99% | Prem Lall Subba | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,770 | 73.19% | Depan Hang Limbu | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,545 | 19.6% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,225 |
| 3 | Maneybong–Dentam | 86.75% | Chandra Maya Subba | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,252 | 71.99% | Laxuman Gurung | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,899 | 21.87% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,353 |
| 4 | Gyalshing–Barnyak | 84.32% | Man Bahadur Dahal | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,967 | 68.13% | Youa Raj Rai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,557 | 21.36% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,410 |
| 5 | Rinchenpong | 86.96% | Dawa Norbu Takarpa | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,438 | 72.69% | Pema Kinzang Bhutia | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,145 | 24.22% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,293 |
| 6 | Daramdin | 84.83% | Tenzi Sherpa | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,507 | 68.97% | Pem Nuri Sherpa | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,807 | 19.15% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,700 |
| 7 | Soreng–Chakung | 84.62% | Ram Bahadur Subba | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,497 | 66.5% | Nar Bahadur Bhandari | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,378 | 24.34% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,119 |
| 8 | Salghari–Zoom | 84.62% | Madan Cintury | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,437 | 65.14% | Janga Bir Darnal | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,139 | 31.4% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|2,298 |
| 9 | Barfung | 85.78% | Sonam Gyatso Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,049 | 70.35% | Lobzang Bhutia | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,197 | 25.55% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,852 |
| 10 | Poklok–Kamrang | 86.32% | Pawan Kumar Chamling | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 7,379 | 80.68% | Purna Kumari Rai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,423 | 15.56% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|5,956 |
| 11 | Namchi–Singhithang | 76.84% | Pawan Kumar Chamling | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,653 | 80.97% | Khush Bahadur Rai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,009 | 14.45% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,644 |
| 12 | Melli | 83.83% | Tulshi Devi Rai | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,307 | 67.48% | Dil Kri. Chhetri | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,454 | 26.25% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,853 |
| 13 | Namthang–Rateypani | 82.7% | Tilu Gurung | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,988 | 65.76% | Suk Bahadur Tamang | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,777 | 30.5% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,211 |
| 14 | Temi–Namphing | 84.96% | Bedu Singh Panth | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,577 | 52.14% | Lalit Sharma | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,837 | 32.32% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,740 |
| 15 | Rangang–Yangang | 85.44% | Chandra Bdr Karki | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,558 | 68.24% | Avinash Yakha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,361 | 28.99% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,197 |
| 16 | Tumin–Lingee | 84.9% | Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,026 | 55.33% | Phuchung Bhutia | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,702 | 40.75% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,324 |
| 17 | Khamdong–Singtam | 84.24% | Am Prasad Sharma | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,298 | 56.37% | Nar Bahadur Bhandari | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,032 | 39.76% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,266 |
| 18 | West Pendam | 82.94% | Neeru Sewa | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,151 | 53.53% | Jagdish Cintury | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,088 | 39.82% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,063 |
| 19 | Rhenock | 84.97% | Bhim Prasad Dhungel | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,611 | 53.72% | Kedar Nath Sharma | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,168 | 39.9% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,443 |
| 20 | Chujachen | 83.92% | Puran Kumar Gurung | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 8,077 | 74.35% | Harka Raj Gurung | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,114 | 19.46% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|5,963 |
| 21 | Gnathang–Machong | 85.78% | L.M. Lepcha | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,077 | 58.59% | Chhopel Dzongpo Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad}} | 1,677 | 24.1% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|2,400 |
| 22 | Namchaybong | 86.49% | Bek Bahadur Rai | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,877 | 63.37% | Em Prasad Sharma | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,954 | 31.85% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|2,923 |
| 23 | Shyari | 81.51% | Karma Tempo Namgyal Gyaltsen | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,034 | 63.15% | Kunga Nima Lepcha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,753 | 34.54% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|2,281 |
| 24 | Martam–Rumtek | 85.29% | Menlom Lepcha | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 6,392 | 64.04% | Rinzing Namgyal | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,027 | 30.33% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,365 |
| 25 | Upper Tadong | 78.07% | Dil Bahadur Thapa | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 3,148 | 56.% | Arun Kumar Basnet | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,105 | 37.45% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,043 |
| 26 | Arithang | 73.65% | Narendra Kumar Pradhan | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 3,320 | 60.95% | Bharat Basnett | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,865 | 34.24% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,455 |
| 27 | Gangtok | 70.38% | Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 3,506 | 61.18% | Tshering Gyatso Kaleon | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,928 | 33.64% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|1,578 |
| 28 | Upper Burtuk | 82.48% | Prem Singh Tamang | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 5,908 | 78.63% | Arun Kumar Rai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,345 | 17.9% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|4,563 |
| 29 | Kabi–Lungchok | 85.36% | Thenlay Tshering Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,823 | 64.46% | Ugen Nedup Bhutia | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,659 | 35.54% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|2,164 |
| 30 | Djongu | 89.79% | Sonam Gyatso Lepcha | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 4,756 | 79.97% | Norden Tshering Lepcha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 819 | 13.77% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|3,937 |
| 31 | Lachen–Mangan | 89.48% | Tshering Wangdi Lepcha | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 2,719 | 53.3% | Anil Lachenpa | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1,940 | 38.03% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|779 |
| 32 | Sangha | 64.75% | Phetook Tshering Bhutia | {{party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}} | 980 | 49.49% | Tshering Lama | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 925 | 46.72% | style="background:{{party color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}"|55 |
See also
References
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Category:State Assembly elections in Sikkim