| 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 |
| Established | 1957-present |
| Total electors | 1,437,126 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543parliamentary constituencies inIndia. The constituency centres onDarjeeling inWest Bengal. While five assembly segments are inDarjeeling district, one assembly segment is inKalimpong district and one assembly segment is inUttar Dinajpur district.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | -8.77 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year[6] | 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 |
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