pawan kumar chamling has held chief minister for longest period of time.
pawan kumar chamling has held chief minister for longest period of time.
who has held chief minister for longest period of time?
pawan kumar chamling
kazi lhendup dorjee was the first chief minister of democratic sikkim state from 1975 to 1979. the 1979 assembly election saw nar bahadur bhandari elected chief minister of sikkim.nar bahadur bhandhari held on to win again in 1984 and 1989. in 1994, assembly politician pawan kumar chamling became the chief minister of sikkim. in 1999, 2004, 2009,2014-2019 made him the longest serving chief minister in the country.2019 election result not declared.
sikkim legislative assembly
the at-large council member who served the longest uninterrupted period of time is hilda mason, who served 21 years, 273 days from april 2, 1977, to january 1, 1999. mason also holds the record for serving the longest period of time counting interrupted service. the group 1 at-large council member who served the longest uninterrupted period of time is john l. ray, who served 17 years, 359 days from january 8, 1979, to january 1, 1997. ray also holds the record for the group 1 at-large council member serving the longest period of time counting interrupted service. the group 1 at-large council member who served the shortest period of time is arrington dixon. the group 2 at-large council member who served the longest uninterrupted period of time is hilda mason. mason also holds the record for the group 2 at-large council member serving the longest period of time counting interrupted service. the group 1 at-large council member who served the shortest period of time is sekou biddle, who served 123 days from his appointment on january 7, 2011, until may 9, 2011 (his successor, vincent orange, was sworn in on may 10 after a special election held april 26, 2011).
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