1974 Sikkimese general election

1974 Sikkimese general election
13 April 1974
All 32 seats in the State Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
Party SNC SNP
Leader's seat Tashiding
Last election 5 9
Seats won 31 1
Seat change 26 8
Elected CM

Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
SNC

General elections were held in the Kingdom of Sikkim on 13 April 1974. They were the first elections in Sikkim to be held on the basis of universal suffrage, and also the last prior to the Indian annexation of the kingdom. The result was a victory for the Sikkim National Congress, which won 31 of the 32 seats in the State Council. Kazi Lhendup Dorjee subsequently became Chief Minister. In May 1975 Sikkim became a state of India, at which point the State Council became the Sikkim Legislative Assembly.

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