1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
← 1974 12 October 1979 1985 →
32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered117,157
Turnout65.13%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Party SJP SC (R) SPC
Leader's seat Soreng-Chakung
Seats won 16 11 4
Popular vote 22,776 14,889 11,400
Percentage 31.49% 20.58% 15.76%
Constituencies of Sikkim
Chief Minister before election

Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Nar Bahadur Bhandari
SJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 12 October 1979 to elect the 32 members of the second Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ No match for Sikkim's victorious regional parties since 1979
  2. ^ Success in Sikkim eludes national parties
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1979 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.