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	\| term_start = 12 December 1994		\| term_start = 12 December 1994
	\| term_end = 26 May 2019		\| term_end = 26 May 2019
	\| predecessor = [[Sanchaman Limboo]]		\| governor = {{ubl\|[[Chaudhary Randhir Singh]]\|[[Kidar Nath Sahani]]\|[[V. Rama Rao]]\|[[R. S. Gavai]]\|[[Sudarshan Agarwal]]\|[[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]\|[[M. K. Narayanan]]\|[[Shriniwas Patil]]\|[[Ganga Prasad]]}} \| predecessor = [[Sanchaman Limboo]]
	\| successor = [[Prem Singh Tamang]]		\| successor = [[Prem Singh Tamang]]
	\| office1 = [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly\|Leader of the Opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]		\| office1 = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly\|Leader of the Opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
	\| term_start1 = 3 June 2019		\| term_start1 = 3 June 2019
	\| term_end1 = 13 August 2019		\| term_end1 = 13 August 2019
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	'''Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai''' (born 22 September 1950<ref>{{cite book \|title=Pawan Chamling Rai: Bio-note \|url=https://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf \|access-date=13 Feb 2024 \|archive-date=25 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025014019/http://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>) is an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]] from 1994 to 2019. He is the [[List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers\|longest serving Chief Minister in India]], surpassing [[Naveen Patnaik]].<ref name="zeenews">{{cite news\| url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html\| title=Sikkim budget session from 25 June\| work=[[Zee News]]\| date=13 June 2012\| agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]\| access-date=7 November 2012\| location=[[Gangtok]]\| archive-date=6 January 2019\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106225207/http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web \| url=http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm \| title=Pawan Chamling — The Fifth Chief Minister of Sikkim \| publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] \| access-date=7 November 2012 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327160435/http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm \| archive-date=27 March 2013 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> Chamling is the Founding President of the [[Sikkim Democratic Front]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in\|date=6 September 2017\|newspaper=The Times of India\|first=Chewan K\|last=Dahal\|access-date=30 August 2019\|archive-date=17 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917103224/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Sikkim's Pawan Chamling becomes longest serving Chief Minister, surpasses former West Bengal Chief M - The New Indian Express \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com~~/amp/story~~/nation/2018/~~apr~~/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.html \|access-date=12 August 2020 \|website=newindianexpress.com \|archive-date=13 February 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005512/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.amp \|url-status=live }}</ref> He also served as the Leader of the opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly in the year of 2019. He ~~represents~~ the Namchi-Singhithang constituency in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly since 2019 till 2024 and the Damthang constituency from 1985 to 1994. Prior to establishing the Sikkim Democratic Front, Chamling served as Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in Nar Bahadur Bhandari's cabinet.		'''Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai''' (born 22 September 1950<ref>{{cite book \|title=Pawan Chamling Rai: Bio-note \|url=https://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf \|access-date=13 Feb 2024 \|archive-date=25 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025014019/http://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>) is an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]] from 12 December 1994 to 26 May 2019. He is the [[List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers\|longest serving Chief Minister in India]], surpassing [[Naveen Patnaik]].<ref name="zeenews">{{cite news\| url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html\| title=Sikkim budget session from 25 June\| work=[[Zee News]]\| date=13 June 2012\| agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]\| access-date=7 November 2012\| location=[[Gangtok]]\| archive-date=6 January 2019\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106225207/http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web \| url=http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm \| title=Pawan Chamling — The Fifth Chief Minister of Sikkim \| publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] \| access-date=7 November 2012 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327160435/http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm \| archive-date=27 March 2013 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> Chamling is the Founding President of the [[Sikkim Democratic Front]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in\|date=6 September 2017\|newspaper=The Times of India\|first=Chewan K\|last=Dahal\|access-date=30 August 2019\|archive-date=17 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917103224/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Sikkim's Pawan Chamling becomes longest serving Chief Minister, surpasses former West Bengal Chief M - The New Indian Express \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/Apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.html \|access-date=12 August 2020 \|website=newindianexpress.com \|archive-date=13 February 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005512/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.amp \|url-status=live }}</ref> He also served as the Leader of the opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly in the year of 2019. He represented the Namchi-Singhithang constituency in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly since 2019 till 2024 and the Damthang constituency from 1985 to 1994. Prior to establishing the Sikkim Democratic Front, Chamling served as Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in Nar Bahadur Bhandari's cabinet.

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	His party SDF won 22 out of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly election. 18 months after the 2014 elections, on 30 November 2015, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs joined the SDF party under the leadership of Pawan Chamling. The ruling front had 29 out of 32 assembly seats in the state.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/\|title=Why are national parties shunned in Sikkim? (Dangal 2019)\|last=IANS\|date=2019-03-22\|website=News and Analysis from India. A Refreshing approach to news.\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-24\|archive-date=24 March 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324203657/https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		His party SDF won 22 out of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly election. 18 months after the 2014 elections, on 30 November 2015, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs joined the SDF party under the leadership of Pawan Chamling. The ruling front had 29 out of 32 assembly seats in the state.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/\|title=Why are national parties shunned in Sikkim? (Dangal 2019)\|last=IANS\|date=2019-03-22\|website=News and Analysis from India. A Refreshing approach to news.\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-03-24\|archive-date=24 March 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324203657/https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Chamling resigned as CM after [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]] as former member [[Prem Singh Tamang]]'s [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]] party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. Two of the SDF legislators had won from two seats each of which one had to be given up, reducing their strength to 13. In August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and in the same month two other legislators joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]. Thus making Chamling only MLA of the party.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]{{Dead link\|date=February 2022 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-14\|title=10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html\|access-date=2021-02-12\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|archive-date=8 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008081602/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-14\|title=Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html\|access-date=2021-02-12\|website=Firstpost\|archive-date=1 December 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201142130/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> Chamling lost the [[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], marking his first electoral defeat.		Chamling resigned as CM after [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]] as former member [[Prem Singh Tamang]]'s [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]] party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. Two of the SDF legislators had won from two seats each of which one had to be given up, reducing their strength to 13. In August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and in the same month two other legislators joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]. Thus making Chamling only MLA of the party.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]{{Dead link\|date=February 2022 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-14\|title=10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html\|access-date=2021-02-12\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|archive-date=8 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008081602/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-14\|title=Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html\|access-date=2021-02-12\|website=Firstpost\|archive-date=1 December 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201142130/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> Chamling lost the [[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]] from both the seats he contested, marking his first electoral defeat.

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{{Short description|Indian politician, writer, former and 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim (born 1950)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai
| native_name = पवन कुमार चाम्लिङ राई
| image = File:PawanKumarChamling.jpg
| caption = Official Portrait
| office = 5th [[List of Chief Ministers of Sikkim|Chief Minister of Sikkim]]
| term_start = 12 December 1994
| term_end = 26 May 2019
| predecessor = [[Sanchaman Limboo]]
| successor = [[Prem Singh Tamang]]
| office1 = [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 3 June 2019
| term_end1 = 13 August 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Prem Singh Tamang]]
| successor1 = ''Vacant''
| office2 = [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly|Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 3 June 2014
| term_end2 = 2 June 2024
| predecessor2 = Binod Kumar Rai
| successor2 = Krishna Kumari Rai
| constituency2 = [[Namchi-Singhithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchi-Singhithang]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Yangang]], [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]<br/>{{smaller|(present-day [[Sikkim]], [[India]])}}
| party = [[Sikkim Democratic Front]]
| nationality = [[Indian]]
| spouse = Dhan Maya Chamling Rai <br /> Tika Maya Chamling Rai
| profession = {{Hlist|[[Politician]]|[[Writer]]}}
| alma_mater =
| children = 8
| website = {{URL|https://www.pawanchamling.com/}}
}}

'''Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai''' (born 22 September 1950<ref>{{cite book |title=Pawan Chamling Rai: Bio-note |url=https://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf |access-date=13 Feb 2024 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025014019/http://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/pawan-chamling.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]] from 1994 to 2019. He is the [[List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers|longest serving Chief Minister in India]], surpassing [[Naveen Patnaik]].<ref name="zeenews">{{cite news| url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html| title=Sikkim budget session from 25 June| work=[[Zee News]]| date=13 June 2012| agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]| access-date=7 November 2012| location=[[Gangtok]]| archive-date=6 January 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106225207/http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/sikkim-budget-session-from-25-june_781560.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web | url=http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm | title=Pawan Chamling — The Fifth Chief Minister of Sikkim | publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] | access-date=7 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327160435/http://sikkim.nic.in/cmonline/homepage.htm | archive-date=27 March 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Chamling is the Founding President of the [[Sikkim Democratic Front]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms|title=Sikkim CM wants BJP chief to step in|date=6 September 2017|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Chewan K|last=Dahal|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-date=17 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917103224/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-cm-wants-bjp-chief-to-step-in/articleshow/60383450.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sikkim's Pawan Chamling becomes longest serving Chief Minister, surpasses former West Bengal Chief M - The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.html |access-date=12 August 2020 |website=newindianexpress.com |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005512/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> He also served as the Leader of the opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly in the year of 2019. He represents the Namchi-Singhithang constituency in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly since 2019 till 2024 and the Damthang constituency from 1985 to 1994. Prior to establishing the Sikkim Democratic Front, Chamling served as Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in Nar Bahadur Bhandari's cabinet.

==Personal life==

Chamling was born in Yangang, [[South Sikkim]] to Nepali parents Ash Bahadur Chamling Rai and Asha Rani Chamling Rai. Chamling is also a prolific [[Nepali language]] writer, and recipient of the ''Bhanu Puraskar'' (2010) awarded by Sikkim Sahitya Parishad. He writes under the pen name Pawan Chamling. Mr. Chamling has two wives and 8 children (4 sons and 4 daughters).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.html|title=Sikkim's Pawan Chamling is the longest serving Chief Minister, surpassing former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106225225/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/29/sikkims-pawan-chamling-becomes-longest-serving-chief-minister-surpasses-former-west-bengal-chief-m-1807917.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chamling's Family Wealth Swells by 80%|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/chamlings-family-wealth-swells-by-80/657798|access-date=2021-02-12|website=[[Outlook India|outlookindia]]}}</ref>

==Political career==

Chamling was elected as the president of Yangang Gram Panchayat in 1982. In 1985, he was elected to the [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] for the first time. After being elected for the second time from [[Damthang]], he became the Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in the [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]] cabinet. After a series of major political upheavals in Sikkim, Chamling formed the [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] on 4 March 1993.

Chamling is the second chief minister in India after [[Jyoti Basu]], of [[West Bengal]] to govern a state five terms in a row, with his party [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] winning the 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] elections. His party first came to power in Sikkim after winning the 1994 Sikkim assembly elections. His popularity kept soaring in Sikkim due to his developmental work and for maintaining peace.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|In 2009]], his party [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] won all 32 assembly seats in [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]].

In 2012, he faced allegations of corruption and Bhandari, his predecessor as CM, predicted that Chamling would go to jail if he lost his power.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling dangles 'crorepati' dream|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sikkim-cm-pawan-kumar-chamling-dangles-crorepati-dream/articleshow/33374752.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-02-12|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622121331/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sikkim-cm-pawan-kumar-chamling-dangles-crorepati-dream/articleshow/33374752.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref> And his former comrade Tamang (Golay) developed differences with him and floated his own party. These developments created political challenge for him, but he managed to win the assembly elections of 2014, albeit with a much reduced majority.

Following win in [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2014 assembly election]], he was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]] for the fifth consecutive time on 21 May 2014 by [[Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil]], the [[Governor of Sikkim]]. He became the chief minister for a fifth time, a record previously held by [[Jyoti Basu]] who ruled West Bengal from 1977 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/chamling-sworn-in-as-sikkim-cm-for-record-fifth-time/|title=Chamling sworn in as Sikkim CM for record fifth time|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|place=Gangtok|date=21 May 2014|access-date=21 May 2014|work=The Indian Express|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126093631/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/chamling-sworn-in-as-sikkim-cm-for-record-fifth-time/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

His party SDF won 22 out of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly election. 18 months after the 2014 elections, on 30 November 2015, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs joined the SDF party under the leadership of Pawan Chamling. The ruling front had 29 out of 32 assembly seats in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/|title=Why are national parties shunned in Sikkim? (Dangal 2019)|last=IANS|date=2019-03-22|website=News and Analysis from India. A Refreshing approach to news.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-24|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324203657/https://newsd.in/why-are-national-parties-shunned-in-sikkim-dangal-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chamling resigned as CM after [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]] as former member [[Prem Singh Tamang]]'s [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]] party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. Two of the SDF legislators had won from two seats each of which one had to be given up, reducing their strength to 13. In August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and in the same month two other legislators joined [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]. Thus making Chamling only MLA of the party.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-now-main-opposition-party-in-sikkim-even-without-winning-a-single-seat/articleshow/70657139.cms?from=mdr BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-14|title=10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008081602/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-sdf-legislators-switch-over-to-bjp/story-qKcQJuqMqn2jbnoE1juggK.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-14|title=Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Firstpost|archive-date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201142130/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-sdf-mlas-join-bjp-sikkim-may-be-headed-towards-arunachal-pradesh-route-as-mass-crossovers-leave-ex-cm-in-the-lurch-7165761.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Chamling lost the [[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]], marking his first electoral defeat.

=== Electoral records ===
; [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] election
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Constituency
! colspan=2|Political Party
! Result
! Position
! Votes
! % Votes
! % Margin
! Deposit
! Source
|-
| [[1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Rowspan=5|[[Damthang Assembly constituency|Damthang]]
|{{full party name with color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad|rowspan=2}}
| {{Won}}
| 1st/8
| 2,281
| 73.79
| +57.00
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1985|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629074546/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/2
| 4,227
| 94.27
| +88.54
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1989|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629074524/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3358-sikkim-1989/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
|{{full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front|rowspan=11}}
| {{Won}}
| 1st/4
| 3,904
| 70.27
| +43.93
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=1994|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629074539/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3360-sikkim-1994/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/3
| 4,952
| 72.26
| +45.03
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3361-sikkim-1999/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=1999|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609120427/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3361-sikkim-1999/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/1
| colspan="3" | -
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3363-sikkim-2004/|publisher=ECI|access-date=18 November 2019|year=2004|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607104050/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3363-sikkim-2004/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| [[Poklok-Kamrang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poklok-Kamrang]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/6
| 7,379
| 80.68
| +65.12
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2009>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/|publisher=ECI|access-date=31 October 2019|year=2009|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605155134/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3364-sikkim-2009/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Namchi-Singhithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchi-Singhithang]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/6
| 5,653
| 80.97
| +66.51
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2009/>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/3
| 4,774
| 55.08
| +12.67
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2014>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=2014|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609073155/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rangang-Yangang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rangang-Yangang]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/3
| 6,343
| 63.84
| +32.23
| refunded
| <ref name=ECI2014/>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Poklok-Kamrang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poklok-Kamrang]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/5
| 7,731
| 59.09
| +22.16
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Poklok Kamrang Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/poklok-kamrang-election-results-2019-s21a010|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=25 November 2019|date=27 May 2019|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608210252/https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/poklok-kamrang-election-results-2019-s21a010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Namchi-Singhithang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Namchi-Singhithang]]
| {{Won}}
| 1st/5
| 5,054
| 50.31
| +3.75
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Namchi Singhithang Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/namchi-singhithang-election-results-2019-s21a011|newspaper=Firstpost|access-date=25 November 2019|date=27 May 2019|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608210248/https://www.firstpost.com/sikkim-assembly-elections/namchi-singhithang-election-results-2019-s21a011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| [[Poklok-Kamrang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poklok-Kamrang]]
| {{Lost}}
| 2nd/5
| 4,974
| 34.03
| -20.96
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Sikkim Democratic Front: From dominance to decline|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/sikkim-assembly-polls-results-sdf-pawan-kumar-chamling-decline-loss-defeat-defection-sdf-bjp-2547068-2024-06-02}}</ref>
|-
| [[Namchaybong Assembly constituency|Namchaybong]]
| {{Lost}}
| 2nd/5
| 4,939
| 36.67
| -16.75
| refunded
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Sikkim Democratic Front: From dominance to decline|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/sikkim-assembly-polls-results-sdf-pawan-kumar-chamling-decline-loss-defeat-defection-sdf-bjp-2547068-2024-06-02}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|India|Politics
}}

* [[List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Sikkim]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Twitter|id=pawanchamling5|name=Pawan Chamling}}

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