Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

There is a wonderful forum for the people of Sikkim, by the people of Sikkim and off the people, places of Sikkim. The forum is called Sikkimonline.info and we do share our thought about our Sikkim in it. There was one thread where we tried to sought out what could be the minimum qualifications required for the posts of Sikkim State Assembly. I do feel politics these days have become a profession rather than those old days social service serving to the people. Comming back to that particular post i am talking about we had few opinions that minimum qualification should be around any form of graduation and some political experience before the big prize. And in between this there was one friend with byname "Chalamthangey" who had done some nice work regarding the required qualification for the SLA which i would like to share with everyone... Chalamthangey says... " Truly admitting I am of the different opinion. I percept the following criteria for their eligibility for th...

Gangtok, May 17 (IST 5:15): Riding on a pro-incumbency wave, the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) on Saturday swept all 32 assembly and the lone Lok Sabha seats in Sikkim. SDF President Pawan Chamling led the charge in his party’s run for a fourth consecutive term in office, winning both his assembly constituencies -Poklok-Kamrang and Namchi-Singithang— in South Sikkim. Ruling party candidate P D Rai, too, sailed through in the parliamentary polls, defeating his Congress rival K N Upreti by a massive 84,868 votes. Senior SDF leader D N Takarpa, the speaker of the seventh legislative assembly, won the Rinchenpong (BL) assembly seat for a second term. At the same time, Menlom Lepcha (Martam-Rumtek-BL), R N Subba (Soreng-Chakung), C B Karki (Rangang-Yangang), K T N Gyaltsen (Shyari-BL), PS Tamang (Upper Burtuk) registered facile wins. All four women candidates of the ruling party -Chandra Maya Subba (Maneybung-Dentam), Neeru Sewa (West Pendam-SC), Tulshi Devi Rai (Melli), and Ti...

SDF candidate AM Prasad Sharma defeated Former Chief Minister of Sikkim, Nar Bhadhur Bhandari at Singtam-Khamdong Constituency.

Press Trust of India / Gangtok May 2, 2009, 16:19 IST The Election Commission has ordered repolling at one polling station each in Chujachen and West Pendam assembly constituencies in Sikkim. he repoll at the two stations was ordered after the votes polled for assembly and parliamentary seats did not tally, the Joint Chief Electoral Officer (JTCEO) C P Dhakal said today. Further directive of the Central poll panel was awaited with regard to the date on which the repolling will take place, he said. The elections for 32 assembly and lone parliamentary seats were held on April 30 last in which a record 82.10 per cent voters had exercised their franchise.

I am surprised whether or not my single vote matters to others, be it to a winning candidate or a losing candidate. The country's democratic format gave me THE RIGHTS to choose the candidate that I feel will be my representative at the State Assembly, but I am sorry I wasn't allowed to understand who the perfect gentleman was. I never learned what their views and motives were behind this year’s polls. I ask, is it a sin to be an employee? I am made aware I should not hear the speeches of the opposition parties, nor should I be present in any form of political meetings organised by the ruling party. I find myself in a dilemma. I love my state and am more concerned about its future, so does it not mean that I should be conscious to make the right selection that deserves my very important single vote. Being an Indian citizen I am made to cast my valuable vote in general election but this time I voted without understanding the candidates. Last week I was at Gangtok to watch...

From chennaivision Sikkim has a unique electoral college for Sangha (monasteries) seat whereby only Buddihst Lamas and Nuns have the right to elect one representative in the 32-member Assembly. The Lamas and Nuns can cast ballot from their respective Assembly segments in general booth but have a separate ballot box for Sangha seat. -X- Women take pride in Sikkim’s elections in electing the 8th Assembly as some 1,43,154 electors of the total 3,00,584 are females. Of them a record 56 are nuns, which showed women are not far from taking lead role in propagating Buddhism in this erstwhile Chogyal kingdom. -X- Chujachen constituency in east Sikkim has the highest number of voters in a constituency at 12,902. The lowest is at Lachen-Mangan, a tribal Bhutia seat north Sikkim with 5699 voters. -X- The polling station with the largest number of voters is Arithang-Old Secretariat room No 1 with 1206 voters in east Sikkim. The lowest number of voters is in 127 polling station at Poklok-Kamr...

Finally i had the copy of the manifesto of the two major parties of the Sikkim Assembly Election. Well i would be more than pleased if someone could help me get the other parties manifesto for my small collection. Sikkim Democratic Party Sikkim Pradesh Congress

Prior to kick off his campaign for the forthcoming Assembly election Am Prasad Sharma, SDF candidate from Singtam-Khamdong visited the Shantinagar Gonpa at Singtam and asked for the blessing.

From haalkhabar.com Gangtok, April 3 (IST 17:24): Former heavyweight ministers G M Gurung, Hissay Lachungpa, D D Bhutia, Somnath Poudyal were does not figure in the candidate list of SDF which is released today. The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) today dropped as many as 20 sitting MLAs, including nine ministers and the lone MP in the list of its candidates announced for the assembly and parliamentary polls. Rural Development and Urban Development Minister K N Rai, Forest Minister S B Subedi, Tourism Minister R B Subba, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kalawati Subba and PWD Minister D T Lepcha have also been dropped from the list of candidates. While another heavyweight minister P S Goley is contesting from Upper Burtuk, East Sikkim. He was three term legislative member from Chakung, West Sikkim. SDF party president Pawan Chamling will contest from two constituency Poklok-Kamrang and Namchi-Singithang. The decision comes after a prolonged suspen...

SDF Candidate from Singtam-Khamdong being greeted in Singtam