The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has won a single victory in the Sikkim Assembly. The results of the assembly elections held on April 19 came on Sunday. According to the Election Commission of India, SKM won 31 seats. Similarly, Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) led by former Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had to settle for 1 seat.

Former Chief Minister Chamling himself has been defeated from both the constituencies . In Poklok-Kamrang assembly constituency, former Chief Minister Chamling was defeated by Bhojraj Rai of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). Chamling was defeated by Rai by a margin of 3,063 votes. While Rai got 8 thousand 37 votes, Chamling got only 4 thousand 974 votes . Arjun Rai of Bharatiya Janata Party got 739 votes in this region.

Former Chief Minister Chamling has also been defeated from Namchebung area . He was defeated by Raju Basnet of SKM in this area. While Basnet got 7 thousand 195 votes, Chamling got 4 thousand 939 votes. Chamling was the only SDF MP in the current assembly. SDF's Tenzing Norbu Lamtha has won by defeating SKM's Kunga Nima Lepcha in Syari Assembly Constituency. 

The current Chief Minister Premsingh Tamang (PS Gole) has won in both Renok and Soreng-Chakung areas . In Soreng-Chakung, Tamang SDF candidate Dr. Eddie Subba has been defeated by a margin of 7,396 votes. When Tamang got 10,480 votes  Subba got 3 thousand 84 votes . Likewise, Chief Minister Tamang defeated SDF candidate Somnath Poudyal, who is also a former minister, by more than 7,000 votes.

Analysts say that in Sikkim, SKM has implemented public welfare schemes in winning the elections. SKM also claims to have succeeded in removing the tag of 'foreigners' from the Nepali community of Sikkim. A few days ago, on the occasion of 5 years of government in Sikkim, SKM announced its achievements. Similarly, SKM has seen the abolition of panchayat elections on party basis as its achievement.

Similarly, the temporary employment of teachers, deputy professors, etc. is also seen as an achievement of SKM. The Tamang government has also raised the wages of workers to 15,000 Indian rupees per month. Similarly, the plan to teach MBBS to 50 Sikkimese students who are below the poverty line is also popular. Similarly, one-year maternity leave, various support and subsidies for students and farmers are also liked by the Sikkimese people. 

SKM won 17 seats and SDF won 15 seats in the 2019 elections. But the SDF lost 2 seats in the by-election. SDF's Pawan Kumar Chamling and Dorji Chiring Lepcha won from 2 seats each. In the by-elections, SKM won in both those areas won by SDF.

Chamling, who has been running the government in Sikkim for 25 years, not only suffered defeat in the elections, but also could not keep his own MPs in the party . Within a few days of winning the election, 10 SDF MPs joined the BJP. The BJP, which has adopted a strategy to strengthen its presence in the northeastern Indian states, became the second largest party in Sikkim by inducting 10 MPs from the SDF. 2 MPs who joined BJP later joined SKM.

Tamang's SKM party was established in 2014. The SDF was formed in 1993 by the Chamling ADF after abandoning the Sikkim Sangram Parishad, the party of former Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari. Soon after the formation of the party, he reduced Bhandari's party to a minority. After the 1999 election, Chamling got the majority and formed the government. .

Chamlid was the Chief Minister of Sikkim from 1994 to 2019. He is the fifth Chief Minister of Sikkim. He is the first Indian to hold the Chief Minister's chair for the longest time. He was the chief minister for 25 years. He also broke the record of the then West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Vasu. Earlier, Vasu was the longest-serving Chief Minister.

The first Chief Minister in Sikkim is Kazi Lendup Dorje. He became the Chief Minister from 16 May 1975 to 18 August 1979, won by the Indian National Congress. Then President's rule was enforced for about three months, i.e. from 18 August 1979 to 18 October 1979.

Nar Bahadur Bhandari became the Chief Minister of Sikkim after a transitional period of about three months. 18 October 1979 to 11 May 1984. He was the leader of a party called Sikkim Janata Parishad. For about 15 days from 11 May 1984 to 25 May 1984, Indian National Congress leader Bibi Gurud became the Chief Minister. President's rule was again enforced for about 11 months.

From March 8, 1985 to June 17, 1994, Nar Bahadur Bhandari became the Chief Minister again. At that time, the name of his party was changed to Sikkim Sangram Parishad. At present this party has no existence in Sikkim. After Bhandari, Sanchaman Limbu became the Chief Minister for about 7 months from 17 June 1994 to 12 December 1994.

BJP again in Arunachal

On Sunday, along with Sikkim, Arunachal assembly elections were also counted. BJP has won 46 seats in Arunachal Assembly which has 60 seats. Similarly, National People's Party 5, Nationalist Congress Party 3, People's Party of Arunachal 2, Indian National Congress 1 and Independent 3 have won.