The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) on Sunday returned to power in the Himalayan state for the second consecutive term as it won 19 seats in the 32-member assembly. The party is also is leading in 12 other seats.
Sikkim chief minister and SKM supremo P S Tamang won the Rhenock assembly seat by defeating SDF’s Som Nath Poudyal by 7,044 votes, an EC official said. Tamang bagged 10,094 votes while his nearest rival of the Sikkim Democratic Front got 3,050, he said.
The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which ruled the state for 25 years in a row till 2019, bagged just one seat, Elections Commission officials said.
SDF president and former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling lost from the two seats he contested.
Elections to the assembly were held simultaneously with the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19.
Counting of votes for 32 assembly seats in Sikkim began at 6 am, amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Postal ballots were taken up first for counting while votes in the EVMs were counted later.
(With inputs from PTI)
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