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Urban local bodies · Sikkim

9 municipal bodies with 51 wards: 1 municipal corporation, 1 municipal council and 7 nagar panchayats. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.

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  • Municipal Corporation1
  • Municipal Council1
  • Nagar Panchayat7

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Urban local bodies
#29 of 35 states/UTs
51
Wards
7 bodies with ward lists
Districts
with at least one body
At a glance

Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Sikkim.

Municipal Corporation
1
19 wards
Municipal Council
1
7 wards
Nagar Panchayat
7
25 wards
Wards in total
51
about 7 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
7 of 9
14 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · GangtokGangtok (M Corp.)19wards · 7 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Council · NamchiNamchi Municipal Council7wards · 1 assembly seat
  3. Nagar Panchayat · GyalshingGyalshing Nagar Panchayat5wards · 2 assembly seats
  4. Nagar Panchayat · ManganMangan Nagar Panchayat5wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Nagar Panchayat · NamchiNayabazar Jorethang Nagar Panchayat5wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Nagar Panchayat · PakyongRangpo (Np)5wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Nagar Panchayat · GangtokSingtam (Np)5wards · 1 assembly seat
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9 of 9 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
Gangtok (M Corp.)Municipal CorporationGangtok19NamcheybungShyari-(bl)Upper Tadong+4 more
Gyalshing Nagar PanchayatNagar PanchayatGyalshing5YangthangGyalshing-Barnyak
Mangan Nagar PanchayatNagar PanchayatMangan5Lachen Mangan-(bl)
Namchi Municipal CouncilMunicipal CouncilNamchi7Namchi-Singhithang
Nayabazar Jorethang Nagar PanchayatNagar PanchayatNamchi5Salghari-Zoom
PakyongNagar PanchayatPakyong—Not mapped
Rangpo (Np)Nagar PanchayatPakyong5West Pendam
Singtam (Np)Nagar PanchayatGangtok5Khamdong-Singtam
SorengNagar PanchayatSoreng—Not mapped

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Sikkim?

The Local Government Directory lists 9 urban local bodies in Sikkim: 1 municipal corporation, 1 municipal council and 7 nagar panchayats. Together they have 51 wards on record (ward lists are available for 7 of the 9 bodies). That is the 29th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Sikkim has the most wards?

Gangtok (M Corp.) Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 19. It is followed by Namchi Municipal Council (7) and Gyalshing Nagar Panchayat (5). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Sikkim?

There is one municipal corporation: Gangtok (M Corp.). Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Sikkim?

The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.

Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.

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