State Level Political Parties of Sikkim

State level political parties in Sikkim plays crucial roles in the political scenario of the state. The role that Sikkim state level political parties play in the politics of the state is rarely seen anywhere else in India. The way the national political parties were virtually washed away in the 2004 assembly elections attest to the popularity that the state level political parties of Sikkim enjoy among the inhabitants of the state. Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is the single largest of the state level political parties in Sikkim.

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is the single largest state level party in Sikkim. It has met a success in the assembly elections of 2004, that is almost unbelievable for a state level party in India, where the national parties dominate the political scenario by and large and the state level parties are left to play only fringe coalition roles. SDF is a bright exception to the general trend. The party has its headquarters in Umbrella Upper Deorali in Gangtok of East Sikkim. Sri Pawan Kumar Chamling, the reigning chief minister of the state is at helm of the party. SDF met with resounding success in the 2004 assembly elections, winning as many as 31 out of 32 seats and going up to form the government.

Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad

Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad or the Sikkim Himalayan State Association is one of the major state level political parties of Sikkim. SHRP operates from its head office at Metro Point at 5th Mile Tadong in Gangtok of East Sikkim. The party operates under the president ship of the party president Dr. AD Subba. In the 2004 assembly elections, SHRP teamed up with BJP, INC and a few other regional parties to form the Sikkim National Liberation Front. It stood fourth in the only assembly constituency in which it fought.