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Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | LS |
| name | Darjeeling WB-4 |
| established | 1957-present |
| reservation | None |
| incumbent_image | Raju bista.png |
| mp | Raju Bista |
| party | |
| alliance | |
| latest_election_year | 2024 |
| state | West Bengal |
| assembly_cons | Kalimpong |
| Darjeeling | |
| Kurseong | |
| Matigara-Naxalbari | |
| Siliguri | |
| Phansidewa | |
| Chopra | |
| electors | 1,437,126 |
Darjeeling Kurseong Matigara-Naxalbari Siliguri Phansidewa Chopra
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
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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Kalimpong | Kalimpong | Ruden Sada Lepcha | ||
| 23 | Darjeeling | Darjeeling | Neeraj Zimba | ||
| 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 |
Members of Parliament
| Year | date=4 June 2024 | title=Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency | url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/darjeeling-lok-sabha | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705054044/https://resultuniversity.com/election/darjeeling-lok-sabha | archivedate=5 July 2025 | accessdate=5 July 2025 | work= | publisher=Result University}} | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Theodore Manaen | ||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||
| 1967 | Maitreyee Basu | Independent}}" | |||||||
| 1971 | Ratanlal Brahmin | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | |||||||
| 1977 | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | ||||||||
| 1980 | Ananda Pathak | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | |||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||
| 1989 | Indrajit Khullar | ||||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||
| 1996 | Ratna Bahadur Rai | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | |||||||
| 1998 | Ananda Pathak | ||||||||
| 1999 | S. P. Lepcha | ||||||||
| 2004 | Dawa Narbula | ||||||||
| 2009 | Jaswant Singh | ||||||||
| 2014 | S. S. Ahluwalia | ||||||||
| 2019 | Raju Bista | ||||||||
| 2024 |
Election results
General election 2024
General election 2019
General election 2014
General election 2009
General election 2004
General elections 1957-2014
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | 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 |
References
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal.
- (4 June 2024). "Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". Result University.
- (4 June 2024). "Darjeeling Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India.
- (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Darjeeling". Election Commission of India.
- "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.
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