In which assembly constituency in sikkim does the entire electorate consists of members of the buddhist monastic community

The Home Ministry has proposed an increase in the number of seats in the Sikkim Assembly from 32 to 40. The expansion will be the first since the State merged with India in 1975. The seats are being increased to accommodate people from the Limboo and Tamang communities, notified as the Scheduled Tribes in Sikkim in January 2003. Of the eight seats proposed to be increased, five will be reserved for Limboo and Tamangs. Now, Sikkim has 12 seats reserved for Bhutias and Lepchas, two for the Scheduled Castes, one seat for the Sanghas and 17 general seats. As per constitutional provisions, the total number of seats for STs should be in proportion to the population. The seats for Bhutia and Lepchas are reserved not on the basis of them being a Scheduled Tribe, but as a sequel to a political agreement in 1973 between the Government of India, ex-Chogyal (King) of Sikkim and political parties. A petition was moved in the Supreme Court that Limboo and Tamangs were not adequately represented in the Assembly and the apex court on January 4, 2016 directed the Home Ministry to take necessary action. A senior government official said a proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Law and Justice to amend the Representation of the People Act (RPA) for the purpose. As per the Delimitation Act, 2002, the number of seats in an Assembly of any State can only be readjusted on the basis of the first census conducted after 2026. The Law ministry also said that the final order made by the Delimitati...

Disclaimer: Issued in public interest by HDFC Life. HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (Formerly HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited) (“HDFC Life”). CIN: L65110MH2000PLC128245, IRDAI Reg. No. 101 . The name/letters "HDFC" in the name/logo of the company belongs to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited ("HDFC Limited") and is used by HDFC Life under an agreement entered into with HDFC Limited. ARN EU/04/19/13618 30. Djongu is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in North region of Sikkim and falls in North Sikkim district. Sikkim is located in North East India. Seat is reserved for Bhutia-Lepcha. This constituency has 8,167 voters of which are male and are female and voters of the third gender. In the 2019 Sikkim Assembly elections, Djongu, recorded a voter turnout of 85.08%. The voter turnout in the 2014 Assembly elections was 88.81% and in 2009, 89.79% of Djongu's voters came out to elect their Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). In the 2014 Sikkim state Assembly elections, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha of SDF won in this seat defeating SKM's candidate by a margin of 2,175 votes which was 29.99% of the total votes polled. Sonam Gyatso Lepcha polled a total of 7,253 (79.97%) votes. SDF's Sonam Gyatso Lepcha won this seat in the 2009 Sikkim Assembly elections beating the BSP candidate by a margin of 3937 (66.2%) votes. Sonam Gyatso Lepcha polled 5,947 which was 79.97% of the total votes polled. Djongu went to the polls in Phase 1 of the 2019 Sikkim Assembly pol...

About Legislative Assembly A legislative assembly or Vidhan Sabha is a legislative body in a state of India. It is the lower house of a state legislature (The legislative council is the upper house in those states which have bicameral legislature). The Vidhan Sabha is the assembly comprising the members elected directly by the people of the state through adult electoral suffrage. Through the elections to the legislative assembly, the state’s Chief Minister, his Council of Ministers and rest of the MLAs are elected. There is no uniform number of seats allocated to state assemblies; it differs from state to state. The number of seats for a particular assembly is fixed and decided by the Election Commission of India on the basis of the population of the respective states. For instance, the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of assembly seats with 404 because the state's population is also the highest amongst all the Indian states. Similarly, the legislative assembly of Sikkim has merely 32 seats owing to its small population. Qualification for Membership of the Vidhan Sabha A person seeking membership of the Vidhan Sabha must possess the following qualifications: 1. He must be a citizen of India. 2. He must not be less than 25 years of age. 3. He must have a sound mind. 4. He must not have any criminal record declared by a competent court. 5. He must not be bankrupt. 6. He should be a voter from any constituency of the concerned state. Presiding Offi...

On April 11, when the Himalayan State of Sikkim goes to the polls, elections will be held in a unique Assembly constituency that does not exist on the State’s map and has no geographical boundaries. “The 32-Sangha Assembly constituency has no geographical boundary and it is only one-of-its-kind constituency in the country reserved for the monastic community (Sangha),” the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Sikkim states on its website. Buddhist monks registered with 51 monasteries in the State are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for the unique Assembly seat. R. Telang, CEO of Sikkim, said that the number of voters for the Sangha seat this year is 3,293, which includes 3,224 (monks) and 69 (nuns). Three EVMs “In 51 polling stations, arrangements are being made for casting vote for the Sangha seat,” the CEO said. “Along with one EVM for Assembly seat, and one for Lok Sabha seat, there will be third EVM for monks to cast votes on the Sangha seat,” he added. The 3,293 monks can vote at the EVMs designated for the Lok Sabha seat and for the Sangha seat in these 51 polling stations, he added. Elections to the State’s 32 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency would be held simultaneously on April 11. Centuries-old tradition Sonam Lama, who won the Assembly seat in 2014 as a representative of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), said that the seat draws its origin from hundreds of years of tradition. “Before 1975, when Sikkim became part of India, the ...