About Darjeeling Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Darjeeling is a district, a parliamentary constituency and a legislative assembly constituency in the state of West Bengal. GOJAM's Trilok Kumar Dewan represents Darjeeling in the state legislative assembly of West Bengal as he won the seat in 2011 assembly elections having accounted for 1,20,532 votes. Bim Subba of GNLF had to settle for a mere 13,977 votes to be the runner-up. There are a total of 2,20,692 eligible voters in the Darjeeling assembly segment, out of whom 1,10,039 are males and 1,10,652 are females.
As per the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008, the Darjeeling assembly segment of West Bengal consists of the Darjeeling Municipal Corporation, the Darjeeling-Pulbazar community development block; and Rangbul, Dhootria Kalej Valley, Plungdung, Ghum Khasmahal, Permaguri Tamsang, Sukhia-Simana, Lingia Maraybong, Rangbhang Gopaldhara, Pokhriabong-I, Pokhriabong-II and Pokhriabong-III gram panchayats of Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri community development block.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Darjeeling Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Darjeeling assembly elections conducted so far.
Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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2011 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Trilok Kumar Dewan | M | GOJAM | 120532 | Bim Subba | M | GNLF | 13977 |
2006 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Pranay Rai | M | GNLF | 58646 | Amar Lama | M | IND | 36636 |
2001 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | D.K. Pradhan | M | GNLF | 66839 | Sawan Rai | M | IND | 21576 |
1996 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Nar Bahadur Chettri | M | GNLF | 51501 | Kamala Sanskrityayana | F | CPM | 26034 |
1991 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Narendra Kumai | M | IND | 47722 | . J. D. S. Rai | M | ABGL | 35489 |
1987 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Dawa Lama | M | CPM | 13897 | P. P. Rai | M | INC | 1104 |
1982 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Dawa Lama | M | CPM | 29165 | J. D. S. Rai | M | IND | 28856 |
1981 | By Polls | Darjeeling | GEN | T.D.Lama | M | CPM | 25078 | D.S.Subba | M | INC(I) | 17729 |
1977 | 23 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | IND | 12607 | Sangdopal Lepcha | M | CPM | 8414 |
1972 | 21 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | IGL | 14933 | G.S. Gurung | M | IND | 9476 |
1971 | 21 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | IGL | 14998 | Madan Kumar Thapa | M | INC | 9133 |
1969 | 21 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | IGL | 15698 | Madan Kumar Thapa | M | INC | 11519 |
1967 | 21 | Darjeeling | GEN | D.Rai | M | IND | 14281 | M.K.Thapa | M | INC | 9085 |
1962 | 18 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | GL | 9139 | Ananda Prasad Pathak | M | CPI | 4619 |
1957 | 2 | Darjeeling | GEN | Deo Prakash Rai | M | IND | 4400 | Ananda Prasad | M | CPI | 4256 |
1951 | 2 | Darjeeling | GEN | Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj | M | IND | 7141 | T . Mansen | M | INC | 3872 |
Last Updated on June 01, 2020