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Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result 2024

For this constituency, the election was successfully held on April 26th. The voter turnout was 74.76 percent.Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal is a political powerhouse renowned for its significant influence in Indian politics. Darjeeling reflects a diverse demographic and remains a crucial constituency of West Bengal. Now in 2024, the electorate is even more enthusiastic to show the power of their vote. As for the 2024 candidates list in Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency, Raju Bista from Bharatiya Janta Party , Gopal Lama from All India Trinamool Congress and Dr. Munish Tamang from Indian National Congress are the prominent candidates. Keep watching this page to get the latest updates about the Darjeeling Lok Sabha elections.

Darjeeling Candidates List

All India Trinamool Congress

Gopal Lama

All India Trinamool Congress

Indian National Congress

Dr. Munish Tamang

Indian National Congress

Raju Bista
Raju Bista , BJP, wins Darjeeling constituency.

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024 to 1957

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Darjeeling Election Results 2024
Candidate's Name Votes Vote Share
Raju Bista Winner
Bharatiya Janata Party
6,79,331
Lead: 1,78,525
51.18%
Gopal Lama All India Trinamool Congress 5,00,806 37.73%
Dr. Munish Tamang Indian National Congress 83,374 6.28%
Nota None Of The Above 18,021 1.36%
Bandana Rai Independent 13,674 1.03%
Bishnu Prasad Sharma Independent 7,447 0.56%
Bhupendra Lepcha Independent 6,395 0.48%
Atasi Biswas Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Party 4,641 0.35%
Pradhan Mardi Ambedkarite Party Of India 2,747 0.21%
Khushi Ranjan Mandal Independent 2,337 0.18%
Kalicharan Barman Independent 2,079 0.16%
Qamrul Haque North Bengal People’s Party 1,853 0.14%
Budharu Roy Kamatapur People’s Party (united) 1,762 0.13%
Shahriar Alam Socialist Unity Centre Of India (communist) 1,614 0.12%
Subodh Pakhrin Gorkha Rashtriya Congress 1,331 0.1%
Source: ECI

Strike Rate

CPM 55%
INC 45%
CPM won 6 times and INC won 5 times since 1957 elections.

Assembly Constituencies in Darjeeling

Assembly Constituencies Winner Votes Vote Share
Siliguri
Shankar Ghosh
BJP
89,370 50%
Chopra
Hamidul Rahaman
AITC
124,923 61%
Darjeeling
Neeraj Tamang Zimba
BJP
68,907 41%
Kurseong
Bishnu Prasad Sharma (alias B.p. Bajgain)
BJP
73,475 42%
Matigara-naxalbari
Anandamoy Barman
BJP
139,785 58%
Kalimpong
Ruden Sada Lepcha
IND
58,206 38%
Phansidewa
Durga Murmu
BJP
105,651 51%
Source: ECI

Darjeeling Past Election Results

Year Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
2024 Raju Bista BJP 679,331
(Lead: 178,525)
51%
Gopal Lama AITC 500,806 38%
2019 Raju Bista BJP 750,067
(Lead: 413,443)
59%
Amar Singh Rai AITC 336,624 27%
2014 S.s.ahluwalia BJP 488,257
(Lead: 197,239)
43%
Bhai Chung Bhutia AITC 291,018 26%
2009 Jaswant Singh BJP 497,649
(Lead: 253,289)
52%
Jibesh Sarkar CPM 244,360 25%
2004 Dawa Narbula INC 396,973
(Lead: 101,416)
45%
Moni Thapa CPM 295,557 33%
1999 S.p. Lepcha CPM 256,826
(Lead: 111,969)
44%
Nar Bahadur Khatiwara INC 144,857 25%
1998 Ananda Pathak CPM 280,589
(Lead: 122,556)
45%
Prasanta Nandy INC 158,033 25%
1996 R B Rai CPM 357,291
(Lead: 77,124)
46%
K B Chettri INC 280,167 36%
1991 Inder Jeet INC 354,645
(Lead: 51,897)
48%
Ananda Pathak CPM 302,748 41%
1989 Inderjeet GNLF 435,070
(Lead: 145,105)
56%
Ananda Pathak CPM 289,965 38%
1984 Ananda Prasad Pathak CPM 228,679
(Lead: 1,389)
42%
Dawa Narbula INC 227,290 42%
1980 Ananda Pathak CPM 185,612
(Lead: 18,161)
46%
K.b. Chettri INC(I) 167,451 41%
1977 Krishna Bahadur Chettri INC 109,520
(Lead: 18,480)
42%
Ratanlal Brahman CPM 91,040 35%
1971 Ratanlall Brahman CPM 84,408
(Lead: 12,277)
33%
Gurung G. S. IGL 72,131 28%
1967 M. Basu IND 97,476
(Lead: 1,831)
39%
T. Manaen INC 95,645 39%
1962 T. Manaen INC 66,129
(Lead: 8,427)
35%
Ratan Lal Brahman CPI 57,702 31%
1957 T. Manaen INC 60,460
(Lead: 10,675)
43%
Ratanlall Brahmin CPI 49,785 36%
Source: ECI

FAQs

Who is the MP of Darjeeling?

Raju Bista from BJP, is the MP of Darjeeling.

What is the Darjeeling polling percentage in 2024?

The polling percentage for Darjeeling in 2024 was 74.76 %.

Candidates list of Darjeeling?

  • Raju Bista(Bharatiya Janta Party)
  • Gopal Lama(All India Trinamool Congress)
  • Dr. Munish Tamang(Indian National Congress)

Disclaimer:

The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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