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New Delhi: Its a clean sweep for the incumbent Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang in the assembly elections in the small and strategically important Himalayan state of Sikkim...
In a landslide win, SKM emerged victorious in 31 of the 32 assembly seats, leaving the Opposition Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), led by former CM Pawan Kumar Chamling, with only one seat, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data..
Though it brought an end to the 25-year reign of Chamlings SDF, it was a neck-to-neck contest with the SKM winning 17 seats against SDFs 15...
The BJP had an alliance with the SKM after 2019, but in the run-up to the 2024 elections, it decided to go solo and contested 31 of the total 32 seats...
In the assembly bypolls that followed soon after for the three seats, CM Tamang, who contested from one seat, won, while the BJP won two seats in alliance with SKM taking its tally to 12...
