Sikkim Elections Winners Losers List: SKM secures 2nd consecutive win. Here is the full list of winners

Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024: The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) secured a second consecutive term in the Himalayan state on Sunday, winning 31 out of 32 seats in the assembly. The assembly elections were held concurrently with the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19.

The counting of votes in the Sikkim Assembly elections 2024 began at 6 am today (June 2). An estimated 80 per cent of the 4.64 lakh voters voted in 32 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat, in polling held on April 19 (Phase 1). The counting of votes for the single Lok Sabha seat in the state will be done with the rest of India on June 4.

Sikkim Assembly Elections Results 2024 Winners List:

Seat	Winner	Loser	Margin
Lachen Mangan	Samdup Lepcha SKM	Hishey Lachungpa SDF	851
BARFUNG	RIKSHAL DORJEE BHUTIA	BHAICHUNG BHUTIA SDF	4346
ARITHANG	ARUN KUMAR UPRETI SKM	ASHIS RAI SDF	2729
CHUJACHEN	PURAN KR. GURUNG SKM	MANI KUMAR GURUNG SDF	3334
DARAMDIN	MINGMA NORBU SHERPA SKM	PEM NORBU SHERPA SDF	5975
DJONGU	PINTSO NAMGYAL LEPCHA SKM	SONAM GYATSO LEPCHA SDF	5007
GANGTOK	DELAY NAMGYAL BARFUNGPA SKM	PINTSO CHOPEL LEPCHA SDF	2692
GNATHANG-MACHONG	PAMIN LEPCHA SKM	TSHERING WANGDI LEPCHA SDF	3807
GYALSHING-BARNYAK	LOK NATH SHARMA SKM	KHUSANDRA PRASAD SHARMA IND	963
KABI LUNGCHUK	THENLAY TSHERING BHUTIA SKM	GNAWO CHOPEL LEPCHA SDF	1693
KHAMDONG-SINGTAM	NAR BAHADUR DAHAL SKM	MANI KUMAR SHARMA SDF	1739
MANEYBONG-DENTAM	SUDESH KUMAR SUBBA SKM	TIKA RAM CHETTRI SDF	6039
MARTAM-RUMTEK	SONAM TSH. VENCHUNGPA SKM	MECHUNG BHUTIA SDF	2762
MELLI	NAR BAHADUR PRADHAN SKM	GANESH KUMAR RAI Citizen Action Party-Sikkim	4283
NAMCHEYBUNG	RAJU BASNET SKM	PAWAN KUMAR CHAMLING SDF	2256
NAMCHI-SINGHITHANG	KRISHNA KUMARI RAI SKM	BIMAL RAI SDF	5302
NAMTHANG-RATEYPANI	SANJEET KHAREL SKM	SUMAN PRADHAN SDF	5605
POKLOK-KAMRANG	POKLOK-KAMRANG SKM	SOM NATH POUDYAL SDF	7044
RINCHENPONG	ERUNG TENZING LEPCHA SKM	NORDEN BHUTIA SDF	6400
SALGHARI-ZOOM	MADAN CINTURY SKM	JANGA BIR DARNAL SDF	2712
SANGHA	SONAM LAMA SKM	TSETEN TASHI BHUTIA BJP	865
SHYARI	TENZING NORBU LAMTHA SDF	KUNGA NIMA LEPCHA SKM	1314
SORENG-CHAKUNG	P S TAMANG SKM	DR. A D SUBBA SDF	7396
TEMI-NAMPHING	BEDU SINGH PANTH SKM	SUMAN KUMAR TEWARI SDF	3558
TUMEN-LINGI	SAMDUP TSHERING BHUTIA SKM	NORZONG LEPCHA SDF	4088
UPPER BURTUK	KALA RAI SKM	DILLI RAM THAPA BJP	2568
UPPER TADONG	G.T. DHUNGEL SKM	DR. CHANDRA BAHADUR CHETTRI SDF	4089
WEST PENDAM	LALL BAHADUR DAS SKM	ANUP THATAL SDF	1952
YANGTHANG	BHIM HANG LIMBOO SKM	KESHAM LIMBOO SDF	2556
YUKSOM TASHIDING	TSHERING THENDUP BHUTIA SKM	MEEWANG GYATSO BHUTIA SDF	4812

Counting of votes were held at six places in as many districts of the state amid tight security. Results are widely expected to be known by about 2 pm.

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), the ruling party in the state, is seeking to win a second consecutive term by defeating the opposition SDF. Others in the fight for seats include the BJP, Congress and Citizen Action Party-Sikkim (CAP-S).

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang, his wife Krishna Kumari Rai, former CM Pawan Kumar Chamling and the former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia are some of the key candidates among the 146 contestants in the race.

The SKM and SDF fielded candidates on all 32 assembly seats. The BJP put up candidates in 31, the CAP-Sikkim in 30), and the Congress in 12.

The ruling SKM's Tamang is eyeing a second consecutive term as CM, contesting the polls from Rhenock and Soreng-Chakung assembly constituencies where he faces a multi-cornered fight. The CM's spouse Krishna Kumari Rai is fighting from Namchi-Singhithang constituency.

Chamling, a five-term former CM, is locked in a multi-cornered fight in two constituencies -- Namcheybung and Poklok Kamrang. He eyes a record ninth term as an MLA.

Bhutia, the SDF vice-president, is in the race from Barfung constituency. DR Thapa, Sikkim BJP president, is seeking re-election from Upper Burtuk.

In 2019, the state saw a tense finish with SKM ending SDF's 25-year rule by bagging 17 seats against 15 for its opponents. In the state that has 32 seats, the majority mark is 17.

According to Election Commission data, total voter turnout in the state this time was 79.88 per cent -- which is lower than the 2019 numbers.

Soreng-Chakung, Poklok-Kamrang, Barfung, Rhenock, Namchaybong, Gangtok, Upper Burtuk, Rinchenpong, and Yangthang are some of the key assembly constituencies of the state.