Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

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In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

One of the 42 constituencies of the state of West Bengal, Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency was formed prior to the 1957 elections and has 1,215,000 electors. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Darjeeling Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 4) were 1,215,464 of which 587,824 are females and 627,640 are males. It comprises of seven assembly segments, two of which are reserved for the SC category and one is reserved for the ST category. It is the district headquarters of the Darjeeling district and is located in the Lesser Himalayas. The city stands at an average elevation of 2045 m and covers an area of 10.5 sq km.

The city has a population of over 132,000 with a child population is 7,382. About 50% of the population is male and the sex ratio is 1005 females for every 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Darjeeling is around 93%. Bengali, Nepali, Hindi and English are widely spoken. The city of Darjeeling is famous for its Darjeeling Tea and it is an important tourist destination. The city is the home of the famous Lloyd's Botanical Garden and Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park. The famous Darjeeling Himalayan Railway often called 'Toy train' that connects this city to the neighboring cities has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The city has road connections to Gangtok and Kathmandu and is connected to the National Highway NH-55.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Darjeeling parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Darjeeling constituency is Shri S.S.Ahluwalia of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	4	Darjeeling	GEN	S.S.Ahluwalia	M	BJP	488257	Bhai Chung Bhutia	M	AITC	291018
2009	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Singh,Shri Jaswant	M	BJP	497649	Jibesh Sarkar	M	CPM	244360
2004	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Dawa Narbula	M	INC	396973	Moni Thapa	M	CPM	295557
1999	4	Darjeeling	GEN	S.P. Lepcha	M	CPM	256826	Nar Bahadur Khatiwara	M	INC	144857
1998	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Ananda Pathak	M	CPM	280589	Prasanta Nandy	M	INC	158033
1996	4	Darjeeling	GEN	R B Rai	M	CPM	357291	K B Chettri	M	INC	280167
1991	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Inder Jeet	M	INC	354645	Ananda Pathak	M	CPM	302748
1989	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Inderjeet	M	GNLF	435070	Ananda Pathak	M	CPM	289965
1984	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Ananda Prasad Pathak	M	CPM	228679	Dawa Narbula	M	INC	227290
1980	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Ananda Pathak	M	CPM	185612	K.B. Chettri	M	INC(I)	167451
1977	4	Darjeeling	GEN	Krishna Bahadur Chettri	M	INC	109520	Ratanlal Brahman	M	CPM	91040
1971	3	Darjeeling	GEN	Ratanlall Brahman	M	CPM	84408	Gurung G. S.	M	IGL	72131
1967	3	Darjeeling	GEN	M. Basu	M	IND	97476	T. Manaen	M	INC	95645
1962	3	Darjeeling	GEN	T. Manaen	M	INC	66129	Ratan Lal Brahman	M	CPI	57702
1957	2	Darjeeling	GEN	T. Manaen	M	INC	60460	Ratanlall Brahmin	M	CPI	49785

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Darjeeling parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Kalimpong	Darjeeling	Kurseong
Matigara-Naxalbari (SC)	Siliguri	Phansidewa (ST)
Chopra