List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Sikkim Knowpia

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Sikkim elects 1 seat and it is indirectly elected by the state legislators of Sikkim, since year 1976.^[1] The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats, a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections in within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.

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List of Rajya Sabha members representing Sikkim
No.	Name		Term start	Term End
1	Leonard Soloman Saring	Indian National Congress	20 October 1975	19 October 1981
1	Leonard Soloman Saring	Indian National Congress	20 October 1981	19 October 1987
2	Khamsum Namgyal Pulger	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	20 October 1987	1 March 1988^[a]
3	Karma Topden	Indian National Congress	30 March 1988^[b]	19 October 1993
3	Karma Topden	Indian National Congress	24 February 1994	23 February 2000
4	K. G. Bhutia	Sikkim Democratic Front	24 February 2000	12 August 2000^[c]
5	Palden Tsering Gyamtso		22 September 2000^[d]	23 February 2006
6	O. T. Lepcha		24 February 2006	23 February 2012
7	Hishey Lachungpa		24 February 2012	23 February 2018
7	Hishey Lachungpa		24 February 2018	23 February 2024
8	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha *	Bharatiya Janata Party	24 February 2024^[3]	23 February 2030

* Indicates current member

^ Resignation
^ Bye-election
^ Died in office
^ Bye-election

References edit

^ Rajya Sabha at Work (PDF) (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
^ The Hindu (7 January 2024). "BJP names D.T. Lepcha as candidate for Rajya Sabha election in Sikkim". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.