Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024: The Congress party faced a major setback in the results of the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim assembly elections announced on Sunday. In Arunachal Pradesh, the party managed to secure only one seat, while in Sikkim, it failed to win any seats, marking a major disappointment for the party in these regions. Notably, in Sikkim, the Congress party received fewer votes than the "None of the Above" (NOTA) option. NOTA secured 0.99 per cent of the votes, while Congress garnered only 0.32 per cent. In Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress managed to win just the Bameng assembly seat, where its candidate, Kumar Y won by a margin of 635 votes.
Congress's vote share even dwindled from the last state assembly elections of 2019. In previous polls, the grand old party managed to secure a vote percentage of 0.77 per cent.
Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024: Percentage of vote share (party-wise)
| Party/Nota | Vote Share (%) |
| BJP | 5.10 |
| Congress | 0.32 |
| Nota | 0.99 |
| SKM | 27.37 |
| SDF | 58.38 |
| Others | 7.77 |
These Congress candidates failed to cross the NOTA mark
| Candidate | Assembly seat | congress votes | Nota votes |
| Tshering Pema Bhutia | Gnathang-Machong | 69 | 94 |
| Mangal Subba | Yangthang | 81 | 85 |
| Kapil Prasad Sapkota | Rhenok | 141 | 162 |
| Snummit Targen | Gangtok | 44 | 62 |
| Tanka Nath Adhikari | Khamdong Singtam | 70 | 75 |
| Ganga Lepcha | Martam-Rumtek | 80 | 132 |
| Sumitra Roy | Arithang | 46 | 49 |
| Nar Bahadur Gurung | Maneybung-Dentam | 118 | 145 |
In the Sikkim Assembly elections, which consist of 32 seats, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) secured a sweeping victory with 31 seats, while the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won just one seat. Meanwhile, in Arunachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dominated the elections, capturing 46 out of 60 assembly seats. The National People's Party (NPEP) won five seats, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) secured three, the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) took two, independents claimed three seats, and Congress managed to win only one seat.