Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency

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Darjeeling
WB-4
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Kalimpong
Darjeeling
Kurseong
Matigara-Naxalbari
Siliguri
Phansidewa
Chopra
Established1957-present
Total electors1,437,126
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
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Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year 2024

Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong district and one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district.

Contents

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009: [1]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
22 Kalimpong Kalimpong Ruden Sada Lepcha Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Darjeeling Darjeeling Neeraj Zimba Bharatiya Janata Party
24 Kurseong Bishnu Prasad Sharma
25 Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Anandamoy Barman
26 Siliguri Shankar Ghosh
27 Phansidewa (ST) Durga Murmu
28 Chopra Uttar Dinajpur Hamidul Rahman Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress

Members of Parliament

YearName [2] [3] Party
1957 Theodore Manaen Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Maitreyee Basu Independent
1971 Ratanlal Brahmin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 Krishna Bahadur Chhetri Indian National Congress
1980 Ananda Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984
1989 Indrajit Khullar Gorkha National Liberation Front
1991 Indian National Congress
1996 Ratna Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998 Ananda Pathak
1999 S. P. Lepcha
2004 Dawa Narbula Indian National Congress
2009 Jaswant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 S. S. Ahluwalia
2019 Raju Bista
2024

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Darjeeling [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Raju Bista 679,331 51.18 Decrease2.svg8.01
AITC Gopal Lama5,00,80637.73Increase2.svg11.17
INC Munish Tamang 83,3746.28Increase2.svg1.14
Independent Bandana Rai13,6741.03
Independent Bishnu Prasad Sharma 7,4470.56
Independent Bhupendra Lepcha6,3950.48
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh PartyAtasi Biswas4,6410.35
API Pradhan Mardi2,7470.21
AMB Khushi Ranjan Mandal2,3370.18
Independent Kalicharan Barman2,0790.16
North Bengal People’s PartyQamrul Haque1,8530.14
Kamatapur People’s Party (United)Budharu Roy1,7620.13
SUCI(C) Shahriar Alam1,6140.12
GRC Subodh Pakhrin1,3310.10
NOTA None of the above18,0211.36
Majority 1,78,525
Turnout 74.76Decrease2.svg4.04
BJP hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Darjeeling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Raju Bista 750,067 59.19 +16.46
AITC Amar Singh Rai 3,36,62426.56−1.09
INC Sankar Malakar65,1865.14−2.74
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 50,5243.99−10.64
Independent Rajesh Singh15,9731.26
Independent Nirode Chandra Adhikary10,7190.85
JAP Harka Bahadur Chhetri6,4950.51
Independent Digbijay Mandal4,1170.32
Independent Reseeka Chettri3,3590.27
GRC Bharat Dong2,9520.23
BSP Sudip Mandal2,2590.18
Independent Ajay Dahal2,1990.17
Indian Democratic Republican FrontChristopher Gahatraj1,6780.13
Kamtapur People's Party (United)Dipak Kumar Roy1,5390.12
RJP Sunil Pandit1,5050.12
SUCI(C) Tanmay Dutta1,4490.11
NOTA None of the Above 10,6250.84
Majority 4,13,44332.63+15.37
Turnout 12,69,66678.80
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Darjeeling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 488,257 42.73 −8.77
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 2,91,01825.47
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 1,67,18614.63−10.66
INC Sujay Ghatak90,0767.88−11.55
NOTA None of the Above 18,0451.58−−−
Majority 1,97,23917.26−8.95
Turnout 11,42,00980.20+0.70
BJP hold Swing -8.77

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Darjeeling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jaswant Singh 497,649 51.50 +38.67
CPI(M) Jibesh Sarkar2,44,36025.29−7.99
INC Dawa Narbula 1,87,80919.43−25.27
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik13,2361.37+1.37
BSP Haridas Thakur5,0830.53−0.68
Independent Nitu Jai4,7860.50+0.50
CPI(ML)L Abhijit Majumdar3,8180.400
AMB Niranjan Saha3,7170.380
Independent Arun Kumar Agarwal3,2270.330
IPFB Baidyanath Roy2,6860.280
Majority 2,53,28926.21+14.79
Turnout 9,66,37179.50+8.39
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Darjeeling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dawa Narbula 396,973 44.7
CPI(M) Moni Thapa2,95,55733.28
BJP Dr. G.S. Yonzone1,13,97212.83
Independent Sanjay Thakuri20,9882.36
Independent Mohan Chhetri14,8571.67
Independent Raju Bhatta11,1121.25
BSP Bimal Dutta10,7581.21
AMB Kishalay Kanti Sharma8,6950.98
Independent Lalit Barman8,6900.97
Independent Tika Pradhan64810.73
Majority 1,01,41611.42
Turnout 8,88,083
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General elections 1957-2014

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year [6] Voter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
Votes%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1957769,33041.67Theodore Manaen43.27 Indian National Congress Ratan Lal Brahman35.63 Communist Party of India
1962197,79646.97Theodore Manaen35.03Indian National CongressRatan Lal Brahman30.57Communist Party of India
1967258,52858.39M. Basu39.27IndependentTheodore Manaen38.54Indian National Congress
1971268.93153.54Ratan Lal Brahman33.19 Communist Party of India (Marxist) G.S. Gurung28.36IGL
19772,72,14043.35Krishna Bahadur Chhetri41.81INC(I)Ratan Lal Brahman34.75CPI(M)
1980419.4056.66Ananda Pathak45.75CPI(M)Krishna Bahadur Chhetri41.27INC(I)
19845,61,74068.13Ananda Pathak41.96CPI(M)Dawa Narbula41.71INC
19897,88,36074.26Inderjeet56.49GNLFAnanda Pathak37.65CPI(M)
19917,62,89069.59Inderjeet48.07INCAnanda Pathak41.04CPI (M)
19968,43,30069.52R.B. Rai45.91CPI(M)Krishna Bahadur Chhetri36.00INC
19986,41,28051.78Ananda Pathak44.75CPI(M)Prasanta Nandy25.21INC
19995,90,02046.21S.P. Lepcha44.24CPI (M) Nar Bahadur Khatiwara 24.96INC
20048,88,32071.11 Dawa Narbula 44.70INCMoni Thapa33.28CPI(M)
20099,66,37179.51 Jaswant Singh 51.50 BJP Jibesh Sarkar25.29CPI(M)
201411,42,00980.20 S.S. Ahluwalia 42.75BJP Bhaichung Bhutia 25.48 TMC
201912,67,27078.71 Raju Bista 59.19BJPAmar Singh Rai26.56TMC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". Result University. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Darjeeling (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP's till 2019". Elections. 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Darjeeling Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Darjeeling". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

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