Opinion | 4 Takeaways From SKM’s Sikkim Sweep: A Tradition Continues. Jobs & Welfare. No Takers For Chamling Comeback

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) members celebrate their lead in the assembly polls, outside a counting centre in Gangtok on Sunday. ( Image Source :PTI )

The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) of Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has won 31 of the state’s 32 assembly seats, continuing the trend of Sikkim’s winning parties coming to power with a landslide.  In this election, the party has increased its vote share to 58.38%, from 47.03% in 2019. Prem Singh himself has won big from both the constituencies he contested from – getting a vote share of 64.54% in Rhenock, and 72.18% in Soreng-Chakung.  His wife Krishna