Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India

Darjeeling
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Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| West Bengal
Assembly constituencies| Kalimpong
Darjeeling
Kurseong
Matigara-Naxalbari
Siliguri
Phansidewa
Chopra
Established| 1957-present
Total electors| 1,437,126
Reservation| None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Raju Bista

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.

## Assembly segments

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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 the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:[1]

No  | Name  | District  | Member  | Party  | 2024 Lead

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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

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Year | Name[2][3] | Party

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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

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### General election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Darjeeling[4][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Raju Bista | 679,331  | 51.18  | 8.01
| AITC | Gopal Lama  | 5,00,806  | 37.73  | 11.17
| INC | Munish Tamang | 83,374  | 6.28  | 1.14
| Independent | Bandana Rai  | 13,674  | 1.03  |
| Independent | Bishnu Prasad Sharma | 7,447  | 0.56  |
| Independent | Bhupendra Lepcha  | 6,395  | 0.48  |
| Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Party  | Atasi Biswas  | 4,641  | 0.35  |
| API | Pradhan Mardi  | 2,747  | 0.21  |
| AMB | Khushi Ranjan Mandal  | 2,337  | 0.18  |
| Independent | Kalicharan Barman  | 2,079  | 0.16  |
| North Bengal People’s Party  | Qamrul Haque  | 1,853  | 0.14  |
| Kamatapur People’s Party (United)  | Budharu Roy  | 1,762  | 0.13  |
| SUCI(C) | Shahriar Alam  | 1,614  | 0.12  |
| GRC | Subodh Pakhrin  | 1,331  | 0.10  |
| NOTA | None of the above  | 18,021  | 1.36  |
Majority | 1,78,525  |  |
Turnout |  | 74.76  | 4.04
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

### General election 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Darjeeling Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Raju Bista | 750,067  | 59.19  | +16.46
| AITC | Amar Singh Rai | 3,36,624  | 26.56  | −1.09
| INC | Sankar Malakar  | 65,186  | 5.14  | −2.74
| CPI(M) | Saman Pathak | 50,524  | 3.99  | −10.64
| Independent | Rajesh Singh  | 15,973  | 1.26  |
| Independent | Nirode Chandra Adhikary  | 10,719  | 0.85  |
| JAP | Harka Bahadur Chhetri  | 6,495  | 0.51  |
| Independent | Digbijay Mandal  | 4,117  | 0.32  |
| Independent | Reseeka Chettri  | 3,359  | 0.27  |
| GRC | Bharat Dong  | 2,952  | 0.23  |
| BSP | Sudip Mandal  | 2,259  | 0.18  |
| Independent | Ajay Dahal  | 2,199  | 0.17  |
| Indian Democratic Republican Front  | Christopher Gahatraj  | 1,678  | 0.13  |
| Kamtapur People's Party (United)  | Dipak Kumar Roy  | 1,539  | 0.12  |
| RJP | Sunil Pandit  | 1,505  | 0.12  |
| SUCI(C) | Tanmay Dutta  | 1,449  | 0.11  |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,625  | 0.84  |
Majority | 4,13,443  | 32.63  | +15.37
Turnout | 12,69,666  | 78.80  |
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

### General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Darjeeling[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | S. S. Ahluwalia | 488,257  | 42.73  | −8.77
| AITC | Bhaichung Bhutia | 2,91,018  | 25.47  |
| CPI(M) | Saman Pathak | 1,67,186  | 14.63  | −10.66
| INC | Sujay Ghatak  | 90,076  | 7.88  | −11.55
| NOTA | None of the Above | 18,045  | 1.58  | −−−
Majority | 1,97,239  | 17.26  | −8.95
Turnout | 11,42,009  | 80.20  | +0.70
| BJP hold | Swing | -8.77  |

### General election 2009

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General Election, 2009: Darjeeling[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Jaswant Singh | 497,649  | 51.50  | +38.67
| CPI(M) | Jibesh Sarkar  | 2,44,360  | 25.29  | −7.99
| INC | Dawa Narbula | 1,87,809  | 19.43  | −25.27
| Independent | Ram Ganesh Baraik  | 13,236  | 1.37  | +1.37
| BSP | Haridas Thakur  | 5,083  | 0.53  | −0.68
| Independent | Nitu Jai  | 4,786  | 0.50  | +0.50
| CPI(ML)L | Abhijit Majumdar  | 3,818  | 0.40  | 0
| AMB | Niranjan Saha  | 3,717  | 0.38  | 0
| Independent | Arun Kumar Agarwal  | 3,227  | 0.33  | 0
| IPFB | Baidyanath Roy  | 2,686  | 0.28  | 0
Majority | 2,53,289  | 26.21  | +14.79
Turnout | 9,66,371  | 79.50  | +8.39
| BJP gain from INC | Swing |  |

### General election 2004

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General Election, 2004: Darjeeling[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Dawa Narbula | 396,973  | 44.7  |
| CPI(M) | Moni Thapa  | 2,95,557  | 33.28  |
| BJP | Dr. G.S. Yonzone  | 1,13,972  | 12.83  |
| Independent | Sanjay Thakuri  | 20,988  | 2.36  |
| Independent | Mohan Chhetri  | 14,857  | 1.67  |
| Independent | Raju Bhatta  | 11,112  | 1.25  |
| BSP | Bimal Dutta  | 10,758  | 1.21  |
| AMB | Kishalay Kanti Sharma  | 8,695  | 0.98  |
| Independent | Lalit Barman  | 8,690  | 0.97  |
| Independent | Tika Pradhan  | 6481  | 0.73  |
Majority | 1,01,416  | 11.42  |
Turnout | 8,88,083  |  |
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |  |

### General elections 1957-2014

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

Year[6] | Voter Turnout  | Winner  | Runners up

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Votes  | %age  | Candidate  | %age  | Party  | Candidate  | %age  | Party
1957  | 769,330  | 41.67  | Theodore Manaen  | 43.27  | Indian National Congress | Ratan Lal Brahman  | 35.63  | Communist Party of India
1962  | 197,796  | 46.97  | Theodore Manaen  | 35.03  | Indian National Congress  | Ratan Lal Brahman  | 30.57  | Communist Party of India
1967  | 258,528  | 58.39  | M. Basu  | 39.27  | Independent  | Theodore Manaen  | 38.54  | Indian National Congress
1971  | 268.931  | 53.54  | Ratan Lal Brahman  | 33.19  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | G.S. Gurung  | 28.36  | IGL
1977  | 2,72,140  | 43.35  | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri  | 41.81  | INC(I)  | Ratan Lal Brahman  | 34.75  | CPI(M)
1980  | 419.40  | 56.66  | Ananda Pathak  | 45.75  | CPI(M)  | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri  | 41.27  | INC(I)
1984  | 5,61,740  | 68.13  | Ananda Pathak  | 41.96  | CPI(M)  | Dawa Narbula  | 41.71  | INC
1989  | 7,88,360  | 74.26  | Inderjeet  | 56.49  | GNLF  | Ananda Pathak  | 37.65  | CPI(M)
1991  | 7,62,890  | 69.59  | Inderjeet  | 48.07  | INC  | Ananda Pathak  | 41.04  | CPI (M)
1996  | 8,43,300  | 69.52  | R.B. Rai  | 45.91  | CPI(M)  | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri  | 36.00  | INC
1998  | 6,41,280  | 51.78  | Ananda Pathak  | 44.75  | CPI(M)  | Prasanta Nandy  | 25.21  | INC
1999  | 5,90,020  | 46.21  | S.P. Lepcha  | 44.24  | CPI (M)  | Nar Bahadur Khatiwara | 24.96  | INC
2004  | 8,88,320  | 71.11  | Dawa Narbula | 44.70  | INC  | Moni Thapa  | 33.28  | CPI(M)
2009  | 9,66,371  | 79.51  | Jaswant Singh | 51.50  | BJP | Jibesh Sarkar  | 25.29  | CPI(M)
2014  | 11,42,009  | 80.20  | S.S. Ahluwalia | 42.75  | BJP  | Bhaichung Bhutia | 25.48  | TMC
2019  | 12,67,270  | 78.71  | Raju Bista | 59.19  | BJP  | Amar Singh Rai  | 26.56  | TMC

## See also

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* Darjeeling district
* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

## References

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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. ^ a b c d "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

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