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Chief Minister of Sikkim
सिक्किम के मुख्यमंत्री
Emblem of Sikkim
Flag of the Republic of India
Incumbent Prem Singh Tamang since 27 May 2019
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Head of government
Status	First in the Council of Ministers
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Sikkim Legislative Assembly and Sikkim Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Sikkim
Appointer	Governor of Sikkim
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Formation	16 May 1974 (50 years ago) (1974-05-16)
First holder	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
Deputy	Deputy chief minister
Salary	$187,000

The chief minister of Sikkim is the popularly elected politician that heads the executive of the Government of Sikkim, the subnational authority of the Indian state of Sikkim. The chief minister acts as the head of government in the state, has formal presidency over the Council of Ministers and governs with the confidence of a majority in the elected Sikkim Legislative Assembly.

Following elections to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. As such, the chief minister typically sits as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and leads the largest party or a coalition of parties. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Since 1974, Sikkim has had five chief ministers. The first was Kazi Lhendup Dorjee of the Indian National Congress. Pawan Kumar Chamling of the Sikkim Democratic Front was the longest serving chief minister of Sikkim from 1994 to 2019. He occupied the office longer than all his predecessors put together and currently holds the record for longest serving CM in India. The 24 year old rule of Pawan Kumar Chamling ended in the 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections where Sikkim Krantikari Morcha emerged victorious. Prem Singh Tamang became chief minister on 27 May 2019.

List of officeholders

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Elections	Party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kazi Lhendup Dorjee	Tashiding	16 May 1975	17 August 1979	4 years, 93 days	1974	Sikkim National Congress
								Indian National Congress
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	18 August 1979	17 October 1979	60 days	-	N/A
2		Nar Bahadur Bhandari	Soreong	18 October 1979	11 May 1984	4 years, 206 days	1979	Sikkim Janata Parishad
3		Bhim Bahadur Gurung	Jorthang-Nayabazar	11 May 1984	25 May 1984	14 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	25 May 1984	8 March 1985	287 days	-	N/A
(2)		Nar Bahadur Bhandari	Soreong	8 March 1985	25 November 1989	9 years, 70 days	1985	Sikkim Sangram Parishad
				26 November 1989	17 May 1994		1989
4		Sanchaman Limboo		18 May 1994	12 December 1994	208 days
5		Pawan Kumar Chamling	Damthang	13 December 1994	10 October 1999	24 years, 165 days	1994	Sikkim Democratic Front
				11 October 1999	21 May 2004		1999
				21 May 2004	20 May 2009		2004
			Poklok-Kamrang	20 May 2009	21 May 2014		2009
			Namchi-Singhithang	21 May 2014	27 May 2019		2014
6		Prem Singh Tamang	Poklok-Kamrang	27 May 2019	10 June 2024	5 years, 206 days	2019	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
				10 June 2024	Incumbent		2024

Statistics

Timeline

Notes

1. ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.

References

1. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of Sikkim as well.
2. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

External links

• List on worldstatesmen.org

• Lists of chief ministers of Indian states
• Chief ministers of Sikkim
• Sikkim-related lists