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Ram Bahadur Limboo
Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
Succeeded byAditya Tamang
ConstituencySoreng-Chakung
Personal details
Born
Ram Bahadur Limboo

1953 or 1954 (age 70–71)[1]
Political partySikkim Democratic Front
Residence(s)Soreng, West Sikkim
Alma materNorth Bengal University (BA, LLB)

Ram Bahadur Limboo is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from Soreng-Chakung in the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Sikkim Democratic Front.[1][2]

Personal life

Limboo was born to Hema Karna Limboo and hails from Soreng in West Sikkim district of Sikkim. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts and LLB degrees from North Bengal University in 1983.[1]

Political career

Limbo started his political career in 1984 after resigning from Sikkim civil services. He joined Sikkim Himali Congress a regional party of Sikkim. After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, this regional party joined the Indian National Congress. His first election was contested in the year 1985 from Daramdin Assembly Constituency and lost to Padam Bahadur Gurung. He was then appointed as General Secretary of National Congress. He faced his second election in the year 1989 and again lost to Padam Bahadur Gurung. After resigning from the party he went back to his legal profession and was in practice till 1999. In OCT of 1999 he contested again from Sikkim Democratic Front Party from Soreng-Chakung constituency and won against former CM Nar Bahardur Bhandary and he was then appointed as Cabinet Minister in 1999. He again won 2004 Assembly Election with majority. He then was appointed as Cabinet Minister for the second term. After his two terms as Minister he then served as the Legal Advisor of the then CM Pawan Chamling till 2014. IN 2014 he again contested and won the 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election from the Soreng-Chakung constituency as a member of the Sikkim Democratic Front with 6,596 votes, constituting 56.5% of the total vote share.[1][3][4] He defeated Bharati Sharma of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha by a margin of 1,929 votes.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ram Bahadur Limboo(SDF):Constituency- SORENG-CHAKUNG(WEST) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ "List of Winners:Sikkim 2014 Election". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ Standard, Business. "Sikkim Assembly Election 2019: Sikkim Polls 2019, Schedule, Results, Exit Poll". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b "Soreng Chakung Elections 2019: Sikkim Assembly or Vidhan Sabha Chunav Dates, SK Constituency MLA Election, Schedule, Latest News | Opinion Poll and Exit Poll Results and Survey Online". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 November 2019.