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. 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. On 18 January 2016 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to the state to declare Sikkim as the first and the only "organic state" in the country, as it has fully implemented organic farming statewide. 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. But 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. Electoral records Sikkim Legislative Assembly election See also List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers List of chief ministers of Sikkim References External links |- 1949 births Living people Chief Ministers of Sikkim Sikkim Democratic Front politicians People from Namchi district Indian Gorkhas Nepali-language poets Indian National Congress politicians from Sikkim Sikkim MLAs 2019–2024 Indian Hindus Sikkim MLAs 1985–1989 Sikkim MLAs 1989–1994 Sikkim MLAs 1994–1999 Sikkim MLAs 1999–2004 Sikkim MLAs 2004–2009 Sikkim MLAs 2009–2014 Sikkim MLAs 2014–2019 Rai people