<P> Chamling is the second chief minister in India after Jyoti Basu, of West Bengal to govern a state five terms in a row, with his party Sikkim Democratic Front winning the 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly elections . His party first came to power in Sikkim after winning the 1994 assembly elections . His popularity kept soaring in Sikkim due to his developmental work and for maintaining peace . In 2009, his party Sikkim Democratic Front won all 32 assembly seats in Sikkim Legislative Assembly . </P> <P> Following win in 2014 assembly election, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for the fifth consecutive time on May 21, 2014 by Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, the Governor of Sikkim . He became the chief minister for a fifth time, a record previously held by Jyoti Basu who ruled West Bengal from 1977 to 2000 . </P> <P> His party SDF won 22 out of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly election . 18 months after the 2014 elections, on November 30, 2015, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs joined the SDF party under the leadership of Pawan Chamling . Now the ruling front has 28 out of 32 assembly seats in the state . </P> <P> On 18 January 2016 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made a two - day visit to the state to declare Sikkim as the first and the only "organic state" in the country, as it has fully implemented organic farming statewide . </P>

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