Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Sikkim Sangram Parishad सिक्किम संग्राम परिषद
Chairperson	Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Sangram Bhavan, Jewan Theeng Marg, Gangtok, Sikkim
Ideology	Democratic socialism
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	0 / 32
Politics of India Political parties Elections

Sikkim Sangram Parishad is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. In 1979, after a period of instability, a ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari from Sikkim Janata Parishad party gained power in Sikkim. In 1984, Bhandari dissolved Sikkim Janata Parishad and formed a new party called Sikkim Sangram Parishad. Sikkim Sangram Parishad held on to power in the 1984 and 1989 elections, but after that lost to Sikkim Democratic Front, which has swept the elections since 1999. Sikkim Sangram Parishad did not win any seats in the state assembly in the 2004 elections. Nar Bahadur Bhandari has merged Sikkim Sangram Parishad with the Indian National Congress and he is now the president of the Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC). This party had won state election once time in 1984 and 1989

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