Assembly election results: SKM, BJP retain power in Sikkim, Arunachal
Both the ruling parties in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have won in their respective state assembly elections. With this, the SKM will return to power for the second straight term, while the BJP will return for the third time. Polling for the 60 assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 assembly seats in Sikkim was held on April 19, simultaneously with the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Sikkim CM wins Rhenock, Soreng Chakung seats
In Sikkim, the SKM won 31 out of 32 seats, while the opposition Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won just one seat. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as "Golay," emerged victorious in both the Rhenock and Soreng Chakung constituencies. Meanwhile, SDF leader Pawan Chamling, who served five consecutive terms as chief minister of Sikkim, lost both the Namcheybung and Poklok Kamrang seats.
10 BJP candidates elected unopposed in Arunachal
In Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP won a whopping 46 seats out of the 60 assembly seats. Of the 46 seats, the party had already won 10 unopposed. Conrad Sangma's National People's Party (NPP), which is an ally of the BJP, won five seats, while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won three, the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) got two, and Congress managed to secure only one. Independents also won three seats.
2019 assembly election results
In 2019, the SKM ended the 25-year rule of the SDF by winning 17 seats against former Chief Minister Chamling's party which secured 15. In that same year's assembly election in Arunachal, the BJP won 41 seats, the Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, the NPP five, the Congress four, and the PPA one seat. The majority mark in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly is 31. In Sikkim, the majority mark is 17.
