Sikkim: Lone SDF MLA from Shyari constituency says future course to be decided post public consultation

Tenzing Norbu Lamtha, the lone SDF MLA from Shyari Constituency, has expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and the SKM party. 

He mentioned that he would decide on his future course of action after consulting with Shyari's public. 

With a margin of only 1,314 votes, Tenzing Norbu Lamtha of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party won the Shyari seat on June 2, as results for the Sikkim Assembly continued to pour in. 

For the SDF, which once was on a winning streak in Sikkim, Shyari is emerging to be the only seat that the party will be winning this time around, after fielding a turncoat from there. 

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Between 1994 and 2019, the SDF had established a stronghold on Sikkim, winning each election consecutively, till their streak was upset by the newly-formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), which is now in power. 

As the results of the 2024 Assembly elections trickle in, it is looking to be a landslide victory for the SKM, except for the seat of Shyari. 

Lamtha recently switched camps from the SKM to the SDF, after he was denied a ticket for the Assembly elections. While in the ruling SKM, Lamtha had occupied a position in the Information Technology Department as an advisor to the Sikkim government. He had also been given crucial positions within the party.