The president of the party was Ram Chandra Poudyal.
[1][2] In the state assembly elections of 1979, SCR(R) won eleven seats (of 32) and became the largest faction in the assembly.
The strength of the party did however decline when several assembly members crossed over to Sikkim Prajatantra Congress.
In the Lok Sabha elections of 1980, the SC(R) candidate won 11,632 votes (22.59% of the votes in Sikkim).
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