Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)

Darjeeling
Existence	1957-present
Reservation	None
Current MP	S.S. Ahluwalia
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2014
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,437,126^[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Kalimpong Darjeeling Kurseong Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Siliguri Phansidewa (ST) Chopra

Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দার্জিলিং লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While six assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, 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 the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:^[2]

Kalimpong (assembly constituency no. 22)
Darjeeling (assembly constituency no. 23)
Kurseong (assembly constituency no. 24)
Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) (assembly constituency no. 25)
Siliguri (assembly constituency no. 26)
Phansidewa (ST) (assembly constituency no. 27)
Chopra (assembly constituency no. 28)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Second	1957-62	Darjeeling	Theodore Manaen	Indian National Congress^[3]
Third	1962-67		Theodore Manaen	Indian National Congress ^[4]
Fourth	1967-71		M.Basu	Independent^[5]
Fifth	1971-77		Ratanlal Brahmin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[6]
Sixth	1977-80		Krishna Bahadur Chhetri	Indian National Congress^[7]
Seventh	1980-84		Ananda Pathak	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
Eighth	1984-89		Ananda Pathak	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]
Ninth	1989-91		Inderjeet	Gorkha National Liberation Front^[10]
Tenth	1991-96		Inderjeet	Indian National Congress ^[11]
Eleventh	1996-98		R.B.Rai	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[12]
Twelfth	1998-99		Ananda Pathak	Communist Party of India (Marxist) ^[13]
Thirteenth	1999-04		S.P.Lepcha	Communist Party of India (Marist)^[14]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Dawa Narbula	Indian National Congress^[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Jaswant Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party^[16]
Sixteenth	2014-incumbent		S.S. Ahluwalia	Bharatiya Janata Party^[17]

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Darjeeling^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S.S. Ahluwalia	4,88,257	42.75	-8.75
	AITMC	Baichung Bhutia	2,91,018	25.48	N/A
	CPI(M)	Saman Pathak	1,67,186	14.64	-10.65
	INC	Sujoy Ghatak	90,076	7.89	-11.54
	Independent	Mahendra P. Lama	55,767	4.88
	Independent	Rabindra Roy Basunia	6,100	0.53
	BSP	Kakali Majumdar	6,040	0.53
	Independent	Arun Kumar Agarwal	5,449	0.48
	SUCI(C)	Goutam Bhattacharya	3,993	0.35
	RJP	Sunil Pandit	3,043	0.27
	GRC	Nima Lama	2,906	0.25
	BMP	Lalit Singha	2,100	0.18
	Amra Bangalee	Niranjan Saha	2,029	0.18
	None of the Above	None of the Above	18,045	1.58	---
Majority			1,97,239	17.27	-8.94
Turnout			11,42,009	80.70	+1.19
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Darjeeling^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jaswant Singh	4,97,649	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) Liberation	Abhijit Majumdar	3,818	0.40	0
	Amra Bangalee	Niranjan Saha	3,717	0.38	0
	Independent	Arun Kumar Agarwal	3,229	0.34	0
	IPFB	Baidyanath Roy	2,686	0.28	0
Majority			2,53,289	26.21	+14.79
Turnout			9,66,371	79.51	+8.40
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1957-2014

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

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1957	769,330	41.67	Theodore Manaen	43.27	Indian National Congress	Ratanlall Brahmin	35.63	Communist Party of India^[3]
1962	197,796	46.97	Theodore Manaen	35.03	Indian National Congress	Ratan Lal Brahman	30.57	Communist Party of India^[4]
1967	258,528	58.39	M.Basu	39.27	Independent	Theodore Manaen	38.54	Indian National Congress^[5]
1971	268.931	53.54	Ratanlall Brahman	33.19	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	G.S.Gurung	28.36	IGL^[6]
1977	2,72,140	43.35	Krishna Bahadur Chhetri	41.81	INC(I)	Ratanlal Brahmin	34.75	CPI(M)^[7]
1980	419.40	56.66	Ananda Pathak	45.75	CPI(M)	Krishna Bahadur Chhetri	41.27	INC(I)^[8]
1984	5,61,740	68.13	Ananda Pathak	41.96	CPI(M)	Dawa Narbula	41.71	INC^[9]
1989	7,88,360	74.26	Inderjeet	56.49	GNLF	Ananda Pathak	37.65	CPI(M)^[10]
1991	7,62,890	69.59	Inderjeet	48.07	INC	Ananda Pathak	41.04	CPI (M)^[11]
1996	8,43,300	69.52	R.B.Rai	45.91	CPI (M)	Krishna Bahadur Chhetri	36.00	INC^[12]
1998	6,41,280	51.78	Ananda Pathak	44.75	CPI (M)	Prasanta Nandy	25.21	INC^[13]
1999	5,90,020	46.21	S.P.Lepcha	44.24	CPI (M)	Nar Bahadur Khatiwara	24.96	INC^[14]
2004	8,88,320	71.11	Dawa Narbula	44.70	INC	Moni Thapa	33.28	CPI(M)^[15]
2009	9,66,371	79.51	Jaswant Singh	51.50	BJP	Jibesh Sarkar	25.29	CPI(M)^[16]
2014	11,42,009	80.70	SS Ahluwalia	42.75	BJP	Baichung Bhutia	25.48	AITMC^[17]

References

↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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↑ Election Commission of India. Notification 16042014 ENG

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal

Before Delimitation	Cooch Behar Alipurduars Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Raiganj Balurghat Malda Jangipur Murshidabad Berhampore Krishnagar Nabadwip Barasat Basirhat Joynagar Mathurapur Diamond Harbour Jadavpur Barrackpore Dum Dum Calcutta North West Calcutta North East Calcutta South Howrah Uluberia Serampore Hooghly Arambagh Panskura Tamluk Contai Midnapore Jhargram Purulia Bankura Vishnupur Durgapur Asansol Burdwan Katwa Bolpur Birbhum

After Delimitation	Cooch Behar Alipurduars Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Raiganj Balurghat Maldaha Uttar Maldaha Dakshin Jangipur Baharampur Murshidabad Krishnanagar Ranaghat Bangaon Barrackpur Dum Dum Barasat Basirhat Jaynagar Mathurapur Diamond Harbour Jadavpur Kolkata Dakshin Kolkata Uttar Howrah Uluberia Sreerampur Hooghly Arambag Tamluk Kanthi Ghatal Jhargram Medinipur Purulia Bankura Bishnupur Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman-Durgapur Asansol Bolpur Birbhum

Coordinates: 27°02′20″N 88°15′50″E / 27.039°N 88.264°E / 27.039; 88.264

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