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
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raju Bista | Bharatiya Janata Party | 744657 | 0 | 5410 | 750067 | 59.19 | Winner |
| Amar Singh Rai | All India Trinamool Congress | 335793 | 0 | 831 | 336624 | 26.56 | 1st Runner-up |
| Sankar Malakar | Indian National Congress | 64744 | 0 | 442 | 65186 | 5.14 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Saman Pathak | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 50446 | 0 | 78 | 50524 | 3.99 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Rajesh Singh | Independent | 15972 | 0 | 1 | 15973 | 1.26 | 4th Runner-up |
| Nirode Chandra Adhikary | Independent | 10718 | 0 | 1 | 10719 | 0.85 | 5th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 10561 | 0 | 64 | 10625 | 0.84 | 6th Runner-up |
| Harka Bahadur Chhetri | All India Jana Andolan Party | 6364 | 0 | 131 | 6495 | 0.51 | 7th Runner-up |
| Digbijay Mandal | Independent | 4115 | 0 | 2 | 4117 | 0.32 | 8th Runner-up |
| Reseeka Chettri | Independent | 3281 | 0 | 78 | 3359 | 0.27 | 9th Runner-up |
| Bharat Dong | Gorkha Rashtriya Congress | 2927 | 0 | 25 | 2952 | 0.23 | 10th Runner-up |
| Sudip Mandal | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2232 | 0 | 27 | 2259 | 0.18 | 11th Runner-up |
| Ajay Dahal | Independent | 2189 | 0 | 10 | 2199 | 0.17 | 12th Runner-up |
| Christopher Gahatraj | Indian Democratic Republican Front | 1670 | 0 | 8 | 1678 | 0.13 | 13th Runner-up |
| Dipak Kumar Roy | Kamatapur People'S Party (United) | 1525 | 0 | 14 | 1539 | 0.12 | 14th Runner-up |
| Sunil Pandit | Rashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.) | 1486 | 0 | 19 | 1505 | 0.12 | 15th Runner-up |
| Tanmay Dutta | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 1445 | 0 | 4 | 1449 | 0.11 | 16th Runner-up |
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 | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019