Sikkim Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of Sikkim, also known as the Sikkim Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 32 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Sikkim were held in April 2019.
The Legislative Assembly of Sikkim, also known as the Sikkim Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 32 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Sikkim were held in April 2019.
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PARTY COMPOSITION
The 10th Legislative Assembly of Sikkim formed post the elections held in Apr 2019 consists of 32 MLAs. SKM (Sikkim Krantikari Morcha) won 17 seats in the 2019 Assembly elections, a majority mark required to form the government. In Aug 2019, 10 SDG MLAs and 2 SKM MLAs switched their allegiance to BJP. Subsequently there were additional changes in the composition of the assembly based on the switching of party alliances by MLAs and bye-elections held in specific constituencies.
- SKM along with its partner BJP has a total of 31 MLAs in the Sikkim Assembly giving it a control over 97% of the total seats in the Assembly
- SDF has 1 MLA and is not the Opposition party since its does not hold a minimum of 10% seats required to sit in the Opposition
Key leaders in the Assembly:
- Speaker: Lall Bahadur Das (SKM)
- Chief Minister: Prem Singh Tamang (SKM)
- Leader of the Opposition: None
MLA PROFILE
- 50% MLAs in the current Assembly have little to no education (grade 12 or below), in comparison to 53% in the previous Assembly.
- 31% MLAs in the current Assembly are Graduates, in comparison to 28% in the previous Assembly.
- 16% MLAs in the current Assembly are highly qualified (professionals and above), in comparison to 19% in the previous Assembly.
- Only 9% MLAs in the current Assembly are women
- The percentage of women in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly has remained below 13% since 2009
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