Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (

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: ''Sikkim Revolutionary Front'') is a political party in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

which is the ruling party of Sikkim since 2019. P.S. Golay, a member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, was one of the prominent figures of the

Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019. History The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled the ...

(SDF) and was a minister in the government of Sikkim. Since December 2009 he has been a vocal critic of

Pawan Kumar Chamling Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai (born 22 September 1950) is an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim from 1994 to 2019. He is the List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers, longest serving Chief Minister in ...

, the President of the SDF and the former

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

of Sikkim. He started the party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha on 4 February 2013. Golay became the Chief Minister of Sikkim on 28 May 2019, thus ending Chamling’s 25-year-rule. In the 2024 general elections the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party won a landslide victory of 31 seats out of 32; in July 2024 the sole MLA of the opposition Sikkim Democratic Front, Tenzing Norbu Lamtha defected to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, resulting in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly having no opposition.

History

2014 election

On 4 February 2013, SKM was established at Soreng, a western city of Sikkim. In September 2009, P.S. Golay formally seceded from SDF and became the Party President of SKM. SKM contested assembly election from all 32 constituencies which were held on 12 April 2014. SKM won 10 seats and became the second largest party and opposition in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. They secured 40.8% votes in the election. The former Chief Minister of Sikkim Nar Bahadur Bhandari gave his unconditional support to SKM party withdrawing his party Sikkim Sangram Parishad from participation in elections, 2014 and played an active role during campaigning phase of SKM party. Likely Former Chief Minister of Sikkim B. B. Gurung shown his support to SKM party, resigning from ruling SDF party. For the by-poll of Sikkim Legislative Assembly which were held 13 September 2014, SKM established the alliance with

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

(BJP), and supported Bikash Basnet who was a candidate of BJP. In 2017, SKM elected MLA Kunga Nima Lepcha as Acting President of the party and Similarly M.P. Subba and Navin Karki as Working President. Party also appointed Arun Upreti as Secretary General of the party.

2019 election

The party came close to allying with

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

before the 2019 Indian Election but decided to fight alone. After the

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the tenth Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. The term of the tenth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019. Schedule of ele ...

it decided to join the

National Democratic Alliance The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

on 26 May 2019 led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. They contested on all 32 constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly and won 17 constituencies, thus ending

's 25-year rule in Sikkim.

Indra Hang Subba Dr. Indra Hang Subba is an Indian politician from Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) party. He is a Member of Parliament Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency), (Lok Sabha) constituency from the Sikkim India, first elected in 2019 election (17th Lok Sabh ...

won the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency by defeating his nearest rival of

Dek Bahadur Katwal 12,443 margin.

Electoral performance

; Lok Sabha election, Sikkim ; Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

List of party leaders

Presidents

Legislative leaders

List of chief ministers

Chief Ministers of Sikkim

Frontal Organisation

* Sikkim Krantikari Krishak Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Nari Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Yuva Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Shramik Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Vidyarthi Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Vyapari Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Chalak Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Sainik Morcha * Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Karmachari Morcha

Chief Ministers

Notes

References

{{Indian political parties 2013 establishments in Sikkim Political parties in Sikkim Political parties established in 2013