Sikkim Assembly Election Results 2019 LIVE: SKM dethrones Chamling

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling will be eying the sixth term as the Election Commission of India announces the results for the 32-member state legislative Assembly on Thursday, May 23. The Sikkim Assembly elections were held simultanously with the Lok Sabha elections. Key political parties in Sikkim'ss are SDF, SKM, Congress and Humro Sikkim Party (HSP). Since 1985, the state has been governed by stable governments -- first led by Nar Bahadur Bhandari’s Sikkim Sangram Parishad and then by Pawan Kumar Chamling’s Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF). Can CM hamling, already the longest serving chief minister in India, make another record by winning the elections for the sixths time? live updates below.