P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister Monday May 27,2019

Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P.S. Golay, on May 27 took oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.

He was administered the oath by Governor Ganga Prasad at Paljor Stadium here. Mr. Golay is not a member of the State Assembly at present as he did not contest the polls.

Hundreds of SKM supporters who were at the stadium cheered the 51-year-old party chief when he was taking the oath in Nepali language.

Former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and senior Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) leaders were conspicuous by their absence at the swearing-in ceremony.

The SKM, founded in 2013, won a slender majority in the 32-member Sikkim Legislative Assembly by bagging 17 seats against 15 won by the SDF



The Chamling government was ousted by the SKM after over 24 years

More votes but less seats for SDF

An interesting feature of the Assembly polls in Sikkim was that SDF of Pawan Chamling got more votes than P.S. Golay’s SKM but won less seats. The SDF secured 47.63 % votes and ended up winning 15 seats, while the SKM, which won 17 seats, secured only 47.03 % votes. In terms of absolute numbers, SDF secured 167,620 votes about 2,012 votes more than SKM’s total votes of 165,508.