<p class="title">The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has announced its candidates for the October 21 by-elections to three assembly seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The party's parliamentary board, during a meeting, cleared the candidature of Moses Rai from Poklok-Kamrang constituency, Nuk Tshering Bhutia from Martam-Rumtek and Rinzing Ongmu from Gangtok seat, an official statement said here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">By-polls were necessitated after sitting MLAs who had contested two Assembly seats vacated one.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the SDF bagged the Poklok-Kamrang and Martam- Rumtek segments earlier this year, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha secured the Gangtok seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly elections were held in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections in April.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Pawan Chamling-led SDF, which had ruled Sikkim for five successive terms between 1994 and 2019, suffered a major jolt post elections, with 10 of its 13 MLAs joining the BJP and two others switching over to the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. </p>
<p class="title">The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has announced its candidates for the October 21 by-elections to three assembly seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The party's parliamentary board, during a meeting, cleared the candidature of Moses Rai from Poklok-Kamrang constituency, Nuk Tshering Bhutia from Martam-Rumtek and Rinzing Ongmu from Gangtok seat, an official statement said here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">By-polls were necessitated after sitting MLAs who had contested two Assembly seats vacated one.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the SDF bagged the Poklok-Kamrang and Martam- Rumtek segments earlier this year, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha secured the Gangtok seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly elections were held in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections in April.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Pawan Chamling-led SDF, which had ruled Sikkim for five successive terms between 1994 and 2019, suffered a major jolt post elections, with 10 of its 13 MLAs joining the BJP and two others switching over to the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. </p>