Gangtok/Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang alias P.S. Golay has won the Poklok-Kaamrang constituency on Thursday in the Assembly by-poll vote count in the Himalyan state.
Golay, also the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha’s candidate, swept to victory with a huge margin while the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sonam Tshering Venchungpa won from the Martam-Rumtek seat.
The result of the Gangtok constituency was yet to be declared.
In the 32-member Sikkim Assembly, the ruling SKM now has 18 legislators, followed by BJP (10) and SDF (1). Three seats are vacant.
–IANS
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