Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim

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]

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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Lok Sabha Election History

Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency

Year	Candidate	Seats won	Change in seats	National Result
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

No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Term
1.	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha	24-Feb-2024	23-Feb-2030	1

State Election History

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

• 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

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