Gangtok, May 13: The ruling party in Sikkim on Thursday won a landslide victory in the assembly elections. The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won 31 seats out of the total 32 Assembly seats leaving only one to the opposition Congress party. The party also won the state`s lone parliamentary seat. Prominent among the winners were Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, Health Minister Dorjee Dazom Bhutia, Food Minister K B Chamling and Speaker Kalawati Subba.

Former chief minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari of Congress party was among those who lost the elections.

Four of the SDF candidates including the chief minister were declared elected before the votes were counted as there was no opponent against them. Bureau Report