Member of Legislative Assembly for Gnathang Machong
In office 2014–2019
Personal details
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Dorjee Tshering Lepcha is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Sikkim. He has been elected in Sikkim Legislative Assembly election in 2014 and 2019 from Gnathang Machong constituency as candidate of Sikkim Democratic Front but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was minister of Sikkim Public Works (Buildings & Housing) and Transport in Pawan Chamling fifth ministry from 2014 to 2019.[1][2][3][4]
Dorjee Tshering Lepcha was declared as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajya Sabha candidate from Sikkim for upcoming elections to be held on 19 January 2024.[5][6][7]
^"BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat". The Economic Times. ANI. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
^10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP
^Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch
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^The Hindu (7 January 2024). "BJP names D.T. Lepcha as candidate for Rajya Sabha election in Sikkim". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^Northeast Live (7 January 2024). "Sikkim: Former minister and 5-time MLA DT Lepcha is Bjp's RS Candidate". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^NDTV (12 January 2024). "BJP Candidate DT Lepcha Wins Lone Sikkim Rajya Sabha Seat Uncontested". Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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