Overview
- The State Election Commission, which announced the schedule Monday, set polling from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 24 with counting at 8 a.m. on April 25.
- Nomination filing opens March 30 and the last day to withdraw a candidacy is April 4, per the commission.
- Voters will choose representatives for 63 wards across nine municipalities and nagar panchayats, covering 93,697 electors.
- The vote follows delimitation that expanded wards and added the Pakyong and Soreng nagar panchayats, with Gangtok Municipal Corporation the largest unit at 21 wards and 58,703 voters.
- The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha has released its slate and says it is confident of a landslide under Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang.