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 eighth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019.

Schedule of election

Results

Results were announced on 23 May, 2019.

Successful candidates

The members of 8th legislative assembly are listed below.

Changes after election and bye-election

After the assembly election, 1 MLA from SKM and 2 MLAs from SDF each vacated their second seat after being elected from two constituencies. Before the by-elections to these three vacant seats were held, 10 MLAs of SDF defected to BJP and 2 MLAs of SDF defected to SKM, leaving SDF with only 1 MLA. SKM had 18 MLAs and BJP had 10 MLAs. In the by-elections held on 21 October, 2019, BJP won two seats and SKM one seat. The final seat numbers are: SKM 19 seats, BJP 12 seats and SDF 1 seat.