Sonam Lama

Sonam Lama
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 May 2019
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Ganga Prasad
Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang
Preceded byPawan Kumar Chamling
Minister of Public Health Engineering of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2024
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang
Preceded byBhim Hang Limboo
Minister of Water Resources of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2024
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang
Preceded byBhim Hang Limboo
Minister of Rural Development of Sikkim
In office
27 May 2019 – 10 June 2024
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Ganga Prasad
Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang
Preceded bySher Bahadur Subedi
Succeeded byArun Kumar Upreti
Minister of Cooperation of Sikkim
In office
27 May 2019 – 10 June 2024
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Ganga Prasad
Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang
Preceded bySher Bahadur Subedi
Succeeded byArun Kumar Upreti
Member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 April 2014
Preceded byPhetook Tshering Bhutia
ConstituencySangha
Personal details
Born
Sonam Lama

(1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 48)
Radham, Khamdong
NationalityIndian
Political partySikkim Krantikari Morcha
Other political
affiliations		National Democratic Alliance

Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in Sikkim. He is a minister in Second Tamang ministry. He was also a minister in First Tamang ministry.

Political career

Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sangha constituency in the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election. He won and beat the candidate of ruling party Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).

In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF,[1] but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Sonam Lama and Kunga Nima Lepcha stayed with their party.

Sonam Lama stood as the SKM candidate from Sangha again. He won the seat and beat the SDF candidate by 26.52% margin. He was appointed to the Minister of Rural Management & Development, Panchayati Raj & Cooperative and Ecclesiastical affairs in P. S. Golay Cabinet.[2][3][4]

Electoral records

Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Year Constituency Party Result Position Votes % Votes % Margin Deposit Source
2014 Sangha SKM Won 1st/3 1,096 49.86 +5.75 refunded [5]
2019 Won 1st/3 1,488 62.63 +26.52 refunded [6]
2024 Won

References

  1. ^ "7 MLAs join SDF". The Telegraph. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ^ My Neta
  3. ^ "Monk-turned-politician Sonam Lama to fight for bringing back Karmapa". The Economic Times. PTI. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ SKM wins Sikkim assembly election with simple majority
  5. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM". ECI. 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Shyari Election Result 2019 LIVE COUNTING". Firstpost. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.


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