Sikkim Election Results 2024 highlights: SKM retains the lone seat

SKM’s Indra Hang Subba won from the Sikkim seat

Updated - June 04, 2024 06:56 pm IST

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The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidate Indra Hang Subba won from the lone Sikkim seat. He defeated his nearest rival Bharat Basnett of the Citizen Action Party (CAP-Sikkim) by 80,830 votes.

The 35-year-old sitting MP polled 1,64,396 votes, while Mr. Basnett bagged 83,566.

“Congratulations to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji and the NDA on their remarkable victory in the 18th Lok Sabha elections. The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) Party fully supports the NDA for the development and prosperity of our country,” SKM chief P.S. Tamang said on X.

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) candidate PD Rai stood third with 77,171 votes.

The total voter turnout in Sikkim from the total 4,62,456 electors in the State was 79.88%. 

Also Read: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 LIVE updates

The State also witnessed its State Assembly election simultaneously where the SKM, SDF, INC, BJP and Citizen Action Party-Sikkim locked horns. The current Chief Minister of Sikkim is SKM’s Prem Singh Tamang (better known as P. S. Golay). 

  • June 04, 2024 17:35
    SKM candidate retains Sikkim seat

    SKM candidate Indra Hang Subba retains Sikkim seat by defeating Bharat Basnett of Citizen Action Party by 80,830 votes.

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    The SKM has fielded the current sitting MP from Sikkim, Indra Hang Subba, looking for a second term in the State. SDF has fielded two time MP who previously represented Sikkim in Lok Sabha from 2009-2019, Prem Das Rai, to contest for the seat. The BJP’s has fielded Dinesh Chandra Nepal for the Lok Sabha seat. Also contesting for the seat are INC’s Gopal Chettri, SRP’s Kharga Bahadur Rai and Citizen Action Party-Sikkim’s Bharat Basnett.

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    SKM leading the lone seat

    The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) is leading in the lone Sikkim seat.

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