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Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency is one of 42 parliamentary constituencies of the state of West Bengal. Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency was formed prior to the 1957 elections.

The Darjeeling Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 4) comprises of seven assembly segments, two of which are reserved for the SC category and one is reserved for the ST category.

The electors in the Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency will cast their votes on April 18 in the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha election.

SS Ahluwalia of the BJP is the sitting Member of Parliament from this constituency.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Ahluwalia defeated the All India Trinamool Congress candidate and noted footballer – Bhai Chung Bhutia.

Ahluwalia got 488,257 votes as compared to Bhai Chung Bhutia who got 291,018 votes.

There were a total number of 1,437,126 electors here last time out of which 1,142,009 cast their votes. The voter turnout recorded here was 79.46 %.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the primary electoral contest for the seat is between the All India Trinamool Congress, Left Front, Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress. Though several other regional parties would also contest for the seat.

This time BJP has named Raju Singh Bisht for the seat. To defeat the current MP in the Lok Sabha election 2019, AITC has fielded Amar Singh Rai while Left Front has fielded Saman Pathak.

Meanwhile, the Congress party has fielded Shankar Malakar from the Darjeeling seat.

As per the ECI website, there are about 12,15,464 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 5,87,824 are females while 6,27,640 are males.

The average literacy rate is 93 per cent, and the main occupation of people is agriculture, tea plantation, tourism and trade of essential commodities. The female to male ratio is 1005.

In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, AITC bagged 34 seats – gaining 15 more than 2009, while CPI(M) could win only two seats – Raigunj and Murshidabad. Congress emerged victorious on four seats, and BJP opened their account from Asansol and Darjeeling.

Lok Sabha election 2019 will take place in seven phases across the country – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Raju Bista	BJP	Won	750067
Amar Singh Rai	AITC	Lost	336624
Sankar Malakar	INC	Lost	65186
Saman Pathak	CPI(M)	Lost	50524
Rajesh Singh	IND	Lost	15973
Nirode Chandra Adhikary	IND	Lost	10719
Nota	NOTA	Lost	10625
Harka Bahadur Chhetri	AIJAP	Lost	6495
Digbijay Mandal	IND	Lost	4117
Reseeka Chettri	IND	Lost	3359
Bharat Dong	GRC	Lost	2952
Sudip Mandal	BSP	Lost	2259
Ajay Dahal	IND	Lost	2199
Christopher Gahatraj	IDRF	Lost	1678
Dipak Kumar Roy	KPP(U)	Lost	1539
Sunil Pandit	RJCP	Lost	1505
Tanmay Dutta	SUCI	Lost	1449

Darjeeling News

GJM supporters torch, vandalise offices on Day 1 of shutdown

Six columns of army have been deployed in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong towns since Thursday, officials said.

Jun 12, 2017, 20:19 PM IST

Tourists flee as Darjeeling troubles boil over

The hills are famous for the Darjeeling tea whose production is jealously guarded. It is also famed for its "toy train" -- a 78-kilometer uphill ride from New Jalpaiguri.

Jun 12, 2017, 19:27 PM IST

Monsoon arrived in West Bengal

Monsoon entered some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal (including Darjeeling) and Sikkim on Monday.

Jun 12, 2017, 16:32 PM IST

Darjeeling limping back to normal amid uncertainty

Life returned to normal in the northern West Bengal hills with no violence reported so far on Sunday, but uncertainty prevails as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called an indefinite shutdown from

Jun 11, 2017, 12:43 PM IST

GJM calls indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling from June 12, all govt offices to stay shut; banks to open on Mondays, Thursdays

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Saturday called an indefinite shutdown in the northern West Bengal hills from Monday in support of its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state.

Jun 10, 2017, 20:40 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee assures to restore normalcy in violence-hit Darjeeling

Two army columns were deployed in the town at the request of Banerjee to maintain law and order.

Jun 10, 2017, 14:32 PM IST

CM Mamata Banerjee must stop doing 'divisive' politics: GJM chief Bimal Gurung

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Saturday requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee not to do or promote 'divisive' politics in the state.

Jun 10, 2017, 14:15 PM IST

Darjeeling limps back to normalcy

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was already in Darjeeling on Thursday, had stayed back after trouble broke out and supervised the entire operations.

Jun 10, 2017, 12:48 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee warns of stern action against GJM supporters, says situation in Darjeeling under control

Coming down heavily on the Bimal Gurung-led Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday warned the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters of stern action even as

Jun 09, 2017, 20:36 PM IST