Political parties in Sikkim

Major national-level parties

• Indian National Congress (INC)^[1]
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim Unit^[2]

Major regional parties

• Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)^[3]
• Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)^[4]

Minor regional parties

• Sikkim Progressive Alliance (SPA)
  • Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SSP)
  • Sikkim Rajya Manch Party (SRMP) led by Rup Narayan Chamling
  • Sikkim National People’s Party (SNPP) led by Delay Namgyal Barfungpa
  • Sikkim United Front Party (SUFP) led by Narendra Adhikari
• Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP)
• Organization of Sikkimese Unity (OSU)
• Sikkim Independent Front (SIF)
• Sikkim Gorkha Party (SGP)
• Sikkim Scheduled Caste League (SSCL)
• Sikkim Republican Party (SRP)
• Sikkim National Liberation Front (SNLF)
• Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party (SGPP)
• Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)
• Citizen Action Party -Sikkim^[5]

Defunct parties

• Sikkim National Party
• Rajya Praja Sammelan (RPS) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1962}
• Sikkim Swatantra Dal (SSD) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1962}
• Sikkim State Congress (SSC) {merged with Sikkim Janata Congress in 1972}
• Sikkim Janata Party (SJP) {merged with Sikkim Janata Congress in 1972}
• Sikkim Janata Congress (SJC) {merged with Sikkim National Congress in 1973}
• Sikkim National Congress (SNC) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1975}
• Sikkim Janata Parishad (SJP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1982}
• Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) (SCR)
• Sikkim Himali Congress (SHC)
• Sikkim Prajatantra Congress (SPC)
• Rising Sun Party (RIS)
• Sikkim Ekta Manch (SEM) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1998}
• Sikkim Janashakti Party (SJP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 1999}
• Nepali Bhutia Lepcha (NEBULA) {merged with Trinamool Congress in 2013}
• Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) {merged with Indian National Congress in 2014}

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