Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim

Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, सिक्किम

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| N.K. Subba[1]
(Former MLA from Maneybong–Dentam Assembly constituency)
President| D.R.Thapa[2]
(Former MLA from Upper Burtuk Assembly constituency)
Founder|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Lal Krishna Advani[3]

Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from| Janata Party
Preceded by|

* Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
* Janata Party (1977–1980)

Headquarters| BJP State Office, Golitar, Singtam, District Pakyong, Sikkim [4]
Newspaper| Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing| Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing| BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[5]
Peasant's wing| Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[6]
Ideology|

* Integral humanism
* Social conservatism
* Economic nationalism
* Hindu nationalism
* Cultural nationalism
Faction
Buddhism

International affiliation|

* International Democrat Union[7][8]
* Asia Pacific Democrat Union[9]

Colours|  Saffron
Alliance| National Democratic Alliance
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha|

0 / 1

(as of 2024)
Seats in Rajya Sabha|

1 / 1

(as of 2024)
Seats in Sikkim Legislative Assembly|

0 / 32

(as of 2024)
Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/sikkim

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim, or simply, BJP Sikkim (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Sikkim. Its head office is situated at Panchsheel, New Market Gangtok-737 101, Sikkim, India.[10] The current president of BJP Sikkim is Shri Dilli Ram Thapa (DR Thapa).[11]

## Lok Sabha Election History

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Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency Year  | Candidate  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | National Result

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2024 | Dinesh Chandra Nepal  | 0  |  0  | Government
2019 | Laten Tshering Sherpa  | 0  |  0  | Government
2014 | Nar Bahadur Khatiwada  | 0  |  0  | Government
2009 | Padam Br. Chettri  | 0  | new  | Opposition
2004 | Not contested  | Opposition
1999 | Not contested  | Government
1998 | Not contested  | Government
1996 | Not contested  | Government, later Opposition
1991 | Not contested  | Opposition
1989 | Not contested  | Opposition
1984 | Not contested  | Opposition

## Rajya Sabha Members

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No.  | Name | Term start | Term end | Term

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1. | Dorjee Tshering Lepcha | 24-Feb-2024 | 23-Feb-2030 | 1

## State Election History

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Year | Election | Seats won | Change of Seats | Popular votes | Vote% | Change of Vote% | Result

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1994 | 5th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

| new | 274 | 0.16% | new | None
1999 | 6th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  |  |  |  | None
2004 | 7th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  | 667 | 0.34% |  | None
2009 | 8th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  | 1,966 | 0.78% | \-- | None
2014 | 9th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  | 2,208 | 0.7% |  | Outside support to SDF
2019 | 10th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  | 5,700 | 1.62% |  0.92% | Allied Government with SKM
2024 | 11th Assembly (Sikkim) |

0 / 32

|  | 19,956 | 5.18% |  3.56% | Allied Government with SKM

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
* Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
* National Democratic Alliance
* North East Democratic Alliance
* Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

## References

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1. ^ "N.K.Subba Demands clarity on SC verdict". India Today NE.
2. ^ "Sikkim New BJP Sikkim state President demands clarity on SC verdict". The Print.
3. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
4. ^ https://www.bjp.org/sikkim-state-office
5. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
6. ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
7. ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
8. ^ "Members". idu.org. International Democrat Union. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
9. ^ "International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)". International Democrat Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
10. ^ https://www.bjp.org/sikkim-state-office
11. ^ https://www.bjp.org/state-president-sikkim

*[lit.]: literal translation