1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
32 seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Constituencies of Sikkim
Chief Minister of Sikkim before election; Nar Bahadur Bhandari; Sikkim Janata Parishad	Chief Minister of Sikkim ; Nar Bahadur Bhandari; Sikkim Janata Parishad

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim in May 1985 to elect the 32 members of the second Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,371	62.20	30	+14
	Indian National Congress	23,440	24.15	1	+1
	Janata Party	913	0.94	0	0
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	438	0.45	0	–4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	336	0.35	0	0
	Communist Party of India	25	0.03	0	New
	Independents	11,534	11.88	1	0
Total		97,057	100.00	32	0

Valid votes		97,057	97.61
Invalid/blank votes		2,378	2.39
Total votes		99,435	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		155,041	64.13
Source: ECI

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Member
1	Yoksam	Sanchaman Limboo	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
2	Tashiding
3	Geyzing
4
5
6	Rinchenpong
7
8	Soreng	Nar Bahadur Bhandari
9	Daramdin
10
11		Sonam Gyatso
12
13	Damthang	Pawan Kumar Chamling
14	Melli	Mohan Prasad Sharma
15	-
16	Temi- Tarku	Indra Bahadur Rai
17	Central Pendam-East
18	Rhenock	Kharananda Upreti
19	Regu
20	Pathing
21
22
23
24
25			Indian National Congress
26	-		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
27
28	Rumtek
29
30	Ranka
31	Gangtok	Lal Bahadur Basnet	Independent
32	Sangha		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
Source: Election Commission of India^[3]