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List of Rajya Sabha members representing Sikkim No. Name Party Term start Term End 1 Leonard Soloman Saring: Indian National Congress: 20 October 1975: 19 October 1981: 20 October 1981: 19 October 1987: 2 Khamsum Namgyal Pulger: Sikkim Sangram Parishad: 20 October 1987: 1 March 1988 [a] 3 Karma Topden: Indian National Congress: 30 March 1988 [b ...
The Rajya Sabha (lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the Parliament of India which is bicameral.As of 2023, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the State legislative assemblies of India and of union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the President of India can appoint 12 members ...
Sikkim became the 22nd state of India by the 36th Amendment of the Indian Constitution in 1975. The Act provides that the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim shall consist of not less than thirty two members and that "the Assembly of Sikkim formed as a result of the elections held in Sikkim in April 1974 with 32 members elected in the said elections (hereinafter referred to as the sitting members ...
Upload file; Special pages; ... Download as PDF; ... He was a Member of Parliament representing Sikkim in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as ...
The Lok Sabha then voted in favour of making Sikkim an "associate" state. The Rajya Sabha voted for an amendment on 8 September, giving it a status equal to that of other states, and absorbing it in the Indian Union. [17] [18] On 8 September, the Chogyal cited "widespread Sikkimese misgivings over the bill", and called for a free and fair ...
After Sikkim became a State of India in 1975 he was taken into the Indian Administrative Service. Topden held various senior posts in the Government of Sikkim until he was elected to the Upper House of the India Parliament, the Rajya Sabha , for two terms from 1988–1993 and 1994–2000.
Location of Sikkim (highlighted in red) within India. The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Sikkim, in Northeast India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the state. The assembly sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. [1]
Present and Past Members of Parliament from Sikkim. 1 Rajya Sabha member and 1 Lok Sabha member are elected. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.