Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Darjeeling
WB-4
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesKalimpong
Darjeeling
Kurseong
Matigara-Naxalbari
Siliguri
Phansidewa
Chopra
Established1957-present
Total electors1,437,126
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024

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

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]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
22 Kalimpong Kalimpong Bharat Chhetri BJP BJP
23 Darjeeling Darjeeling Noman Rai
24 Kurseong Sonam Lama
25 Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Anandamoy Barman
26 Siliguri Shankar Ghosh
27 Phansidewa (ST) Durga Murmu
28 Chopra Uttar Dinajpur Hamidul Rahman AITC AITC

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

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 51.18%
2019
 
 59.19%
2014
 
 42.75%
2009
 
 51.50%
2004
 
 44.70%
1999
 
 44.24%
1998
 
 44.75%
1996
 
 45.91%
1991
 
 48.07%
1989
 
 56.49%
1984
 
 41.96%
1980
 
 45.75%
1977
 
 41.81%
1971
 
 33.19%
1967
 
 39.27%
1962
 
 35.03%
1957
 
 43.27%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Darjeeling[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Bista 679,331 51.18
AITC Gopal Lama 500,806 37.73
INC Munish Tamang 83,374 6.28
NOTA None of the Above 18,021 1.36
IND 5 Independent Candidates 31,932 2.41
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 13,948 1.05
Majority 178,525 13.45
Turnout
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Bista 750,067 59.19
AITC Amar Singh Rai 336,624 26.56
INC Sankar Malakar 65,186 5.14
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 50,524 3.99
NOTA None of the Above 10,625 0.84
IND 5 Independent Candidates 36,367 2.87
OTH 7 Other Party Candidates 17,877 1.41
Majority 413,443 32.63
Turnout 1,269,666 78.80
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Darjeeling[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 488,257 42.75
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 291,018 25.48
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 167,186 14.64
INC Sujay Ghatak 90,076 7.89
IND Mahendra P. Lama 55,767 4.88
NOTA None of the Above 18,045 1.58
IND Rabindra Roy Basunia 6,100 0.53
IND Arun Kumar Agarwal 5,449 0.48
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 20,111 1.76
Majority 197,239 17.27
Turnout 1,142,009 80.20
BJP hold Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Darjeeling[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jaswant Singh 497,649 51.50
CPI(M) Jibesh Sarkar 244,360 25.29
INC Dawa Narbula 187,809 19.43
BSP Haridas Thakur 5,083 0.53
CPI(ML)L Abhijit Majumdar 3,818 0.40
AMB Niranjan Saha 3,717 0.38
IPFB Baidyanath Roy 2,686 0.28
IND Arun Kumar Agarwal 3,227 0.33
IND Nitu Jai 4,786 0.50
IND Ram Ganesh Baraik 13,236 1.37
Majority 253,289 26.21
Turnout 966,371 79.50
Swing to BJP from INC Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Darjeeling[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dawa Narbula 396,973 44.70
CPI(M) Moni Thapa 295,557 33.28
BJP Dr. G. S. Yonzone 113,972 12.83
BSP Bimal Dutta 10,758 1.21
IND 6 Independent Candidates 70,823 7.97
Majority 101,416 11.42
Turnout 888,083
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. P. Lepcha 256,826 44.24
INC Nar Bahadur Khatiwara 1,44,857 24.96
AITC Tarun Roy 1,27,603 21.98
IND R. B. Rai 31,719 5.46
IND Sunil Roy 11,797 2.03
IND Krishna Bhakta Paurel 5,118 0.88
IND Sampad Roy 2,551 0.44
Majority 1,11,969 19.28
Turnout 5,90,023 46.21
CPI(M) hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ananda Pathak 280,589 44.75
INC Prasanta Nandy 1,58,033 25.21
AITC Dawa Nurbula 1,14,688 18.29
IND R. B. Rai 51,681 8.24
IND Paresh Ray 12,609 2.01
BSP Surjit Rasaily 3,727 0.59
IND L. B. Pariyar 3,048 0.49
IND Matiur Rahman 2,594 0.41
Majority 1,22,556 19.54
Turnout 6,41,281 51.78
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. B. Rai 357,291 45.91
INC K. B. Chettri 2,80,167 36.00
BJP Geeta Chatterjee 68,421 8.79
IND Gazendra Gurung 29,499 3.79
IND Krishna Bhakta Pourel 16,511 2.12
IND Usmani Mustak 14,432 1.85
IND Kamini Mohan Roy 7,474 0.96
IND Purnendu Chatterjee 2,359 0.30
IUML Mohammad Zamil Ahamad 2,095 0.27
Majority 77,124 9.91
Turnout 8,43,297 69.52
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Inder Jeet 354,645 48.07
CPI(M) Ananda Pathak 3,02,748 41.04
BJP Ankesh Acharjya 54,969 7.45
IND Premjit Singha 8,270 1.12
IND Krishna Bhakta Poudyal 7,864 1.07
IND Altaf Hussain 3,385 0.46
BSP Arun Prasad Sarker 1,942 0.26
JP Kamini Mohan Roy 1,746 0.24
LKD Saty Prasad 1,342 0.18
IND Banshidhar Mital 864 0.12
Majority 51,897 7.03
Turnout 7,79,568 71.11
Swing to INC from GNLF Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GNLF Inderjeet 435,070 56.49
CPI(M) Ananda Pathak 2,89,965 37.65
IND Mohan Kumar Rai 18,843 2.45
IND Krishna Bhakta Poudyal 9,668 1.26
ABGL J. D. S. Rai 4,426 0.57
IND Birendra Nath Barman 3,744 0.49
BSP Arun Prasad Sarkar 2,452 0.32
IND P. P. Rai 2,009 0.26
IND Durga Pradhan 1,534 0.20
IND Kamini Mohan Roy 1,294 0.17
IND Parbananda Barman 1,125 0.15
Majority 1,45,105 18.84
Turnout 7,88,359 74.26
Swing to GNLF from CPI(M) Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ananda Prasad Pathak 228,679 41.96
INC Dawa Narbula 2,27,290 41.71
IND Siddhartha Sankar Ray 80,557 14.78
IND Padam Bahadur Rai 5,010 0.92
IND Sampad Roy 3,441 0.63
Majority 1,389 0.25
Turnout 5,61,738 68.13
CPI(M) hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ananda Pathak 185,612 45.75
INC(I) K. B. Chettri 1,67,451 41.27
INC(U) Chaudhary Abdul Karim 20,153 4.97
JP(S) Paul Mantosh 8,468 2.09
JP Mohhammed Ekramul Haque 8,123 2.00
IND Lakshmi Kanta Joshi 5,192 1.28
IND Tapan Kumar Biswas 5,045 1.24
IND Ranendra Nath Barma 3,960 0.98
IND Sampad Kumar Roy 1,748 0.43
Majority 18,161 4.48
Turnout 4,19,397 56.66
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Krishna Bahadur Chhetri 109,520 41.81
CPI(M) Ratanlal Brahmin 91,040 34.75
IND Madan Kumar Rai 32,835 12.53
ABGL Amar Prakash Dimmal 12,509 4.78
IND Dharma Shamsher Basnet 4,306 1.64
IND Janaklal Agarwal 4,098 1.56
IND Bhattacherjee Brijamohan 3,984 1.52
IND Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj 1,925 0.73
IND Thakur Prasad 1,109 0.42
IND Ruth Karthak Lepchani 627 0.24
Majority 18,480 7.06
Turnout 2,72,135 43.55
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ratanlal Brahmin 84,408 33.19
ABGL G. S. Gurung 72,131 28.36
IND Maitreyee Bose 66,035 25.97
IND Thakur Prasad 16,946 6.66
PSP Amal Kumar Bhattacharya 14,793 5.82
Majority 12,277 4.83
Turnout 2,68,931 53.54
Swing to CPI(M) from Independent Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IND Maitreyee Bose 97,476 39.27
INC Theodore Manaen 95,645 38.54
CPI(M) R. K. Sinha 42,136 16.98
ABJS B. M. Bhattacharjee 12,942 5.21
Majority 1,831 0.73
Turnout 2,58,528 58.39
Swing to Independent from INC Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Theodore Manaen 66,129 35.03
CPI Ratanlal Brahmin 57,702 30.57
ABGL Chandra Kanta Tamang 46,127 24.44
ABJS Biraja Mohan Bhattacharjee 11,730 6.21
IND Ramnath Dubey 7,070 3.75
Majority 8,427 4.46
Turnout 1,97,796 46.97
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Darjeeling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Theodore Manaen 60,460 43.27
CPI Ratanlal Brahmin 49,785 35.63
IND Jatindra N. Mitra 29,484 21.10
Majority 10,675 7.64
Turnout 1,39,729 41.67
INC win (new seat)

See also

Notes

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.
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  6. "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

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