Sangha Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of

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, a state in the

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region of

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. It is a part of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019,

Sonam Lama Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in Sikkim. He is a minister in Second Tamang ministry. He was also a minister in First Tamang ministry. Political career Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sang ...

is the holder of this seat. His current term is expected to end by 2024. This seat is

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for the Buddhist monastic community (

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) of Sikkim. Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat.

Members of the Sikkim State Council

The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, after requests from the monastery associations to the

Chogyal The Chogyal ("Dharma Kings", ) were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty, . The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1973, and the constitutional monarch from 1973 to 1975, wh ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

After the

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, challenging the reservation for the Sangha constituency and for the Bhutia-Lepcha constituencies in Sikkim, by Ram Chandra Poudyal of the Rising Sun Party. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, judging that the Sangha had played a major part in previous Councils' decision-making and the reservation is not based purely on religious distinctions and is, therefore, not unconstitutional.

Members of the Sikkim State Council

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

Assembly election 2019

Assembly election 2014

Assembly election 2009

Assembly election 2004

Assembly election 1999

Assembly election 1994

Assembly election 1989

Assembly election 1985

Assembly election 1979

Sikkim State Council

1974

1973

1970

1967

See also

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