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"The Scheduled Tribes have been granted a reservation of 12 seats in the assembly" and "12 constituencies are reserved for people of the Bhutia-Lepcha (BL) community." are somewhat duplicated sentences. The same applies to the sentences about the Scheduled Castes. Also it needs to be explained why Bhutia-Lepcha (BL) is the same as Scheduled Tribes.
On December 21, 2021, the Government of Sikkim announced the formation of 2 new districts as well as the renaming of the existing 4 districts. North Sikkim district will now be called Mangan; West Sikkim district will be Gyalshing, East Sikkim district will now be Gangtok district and South Sikkim will be Namchi district. [1]
Tumin Lingee Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 32 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Sikkim state in India. It lies half in Gangtok district and half in Namchi district. [3] This constituency is reserved for members of the Bhutia-Lepcha community.
2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Barfung Party Candidate Votes % ±% SKM: Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia : 8,358 : 61.86% : 13.54 : SDF: Bhaichung Bhutia: 4.012 29.69% 18.63 Citizen Action Party-Sikkim Dadul Lepcha 656 4.85% New: BJP: Tashi Dadul Bhutia 298 2.21% N/A: NOTA: None of the Above 188 1.39% 0.24 Margin of victory 4,346 32.16% 31.36 ...
Sikkim: District: Gangtok: LS constituency: Sikkim: Established: 2008: ... Karma Wangdi Bhutia 5,282 43.22% 1.79 INC: Chewang Dorjee Bhutia 170 1.39% NOTA: None of ...
1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tashiding [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SSP: Ugen Pritso Bhutia : 1,586 : 65.95% : New: INC: Dawgyal Pintso Bhutia 643 26.74% New: Independent: Sonam Yongda 119 4.95% New: Independent: Chungching Bhutia 38 1.58% New: Margin of victory 943 39.21% 24.54 Turnout: 2,405 64.60% 5.04 Registered electors ...
The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC) is a group striving for the political rights of ethnic groups of Sikkimese, Bhutia-Lepcha (BL) and Nepalis of Sikkimese origin. [8] In addition to the reservation for the BL in the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim, they argue for reservation in local body (panchayat) elections as well.
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]