Sikkim Janata Congress

{{Short description|Sikkim political party}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| dissolution = 1973

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Sikkim Janata Congress (translation: Sikkim Popular Congress) was a political party in Sikkim, active in the struggle for democratic reforms. SJC was founded when the Sikkim State Congress and Sikkim Janata Party merged, in October 1972. K.C.Pradhan was its president.

In 1973, SJC merged with Dorjee's Sikkim National Congress.{{cite book |title=The Making of India's Foreign Policy |author=Bandyopadhyaya, J. |isbn=9788177644029 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzeFR8lxLrIC |year=2003 |publisher=Allied Publishers |access-date=2022-01-30 |page=264}}

Electoral history

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!Election

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1973

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|{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-334 |title=Declaration of Election Results |author=Election Committee, Government of Sikkim |date=15 February 1973 |access-date= 15 June 2021 |pages=64–65}}

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