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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox Indian constituency&lt;br /&gt;
| type = LS&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Darjeeling &amp;lt;Br&amp;gt;{{Small|WB-4}}&lt;br /&gt;
| map_image = &lt;br /&gt;
| map_caption = &lt;br /&gt;
| established = 1957-present&lt;br /&gt;
| reservation = None&lt;br /&gt;
| incumbent_image = Raju Bista, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Darjeeling, West Bengal meeting with the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan (cropped).jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| mp = [[Raju Bista]]&lt;br /&gt;
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}&lt;br /&gt;
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]&lt;br /&gt;
| state = [[West Bengal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| assembly_cons = [[Kalimpong Assembly constituency|Kalimpong]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Darjeeling Assembly constituency|Darjeeling]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Kurseong Assembly constituency|Kurseong]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency|Matigara-Naxalbari]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Siliguri Assembly constituency|Siliguri]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Phansidewa Assembly constituency|Phansidewa]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Chopra Assembly constituency|Chopra]]&lt;br /&gt;
| electors = 1,437,126&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Darjeeling]] in [[West Bengal]]. While five assembly segments are in [[Darjeeling district]], one assembly segment is in [[Kalimpong district]] and one assembly segment is in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Assembly segments==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|250px|right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Darjeeling&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:&amp;lt;ref name =delimitation&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 27 May 2009 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! #&lt;br /&gt;
! Name&lt;br /&gt;
! District&lt;br /&gt;
! Member&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Party&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |2024 Lead&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|22&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kalimpong Assembly constituency|Kalimpong]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bharat Chettri|Bharat Chhetri]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|23&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Darjeeling Assembly constituency|Darjeeling]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot; |[[Darjeeling District|Darjeeling]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Noman Rai]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|24&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kurseong Assembly constituency|Kurseong]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sonam Lama (politician)|Sonam Lama]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|25&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency|Matigara-Naxalbari]] (SC)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Anandamoy Barman]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|26&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Siliguri Assembly constituency|Siliguri]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shankar Ghosh (politician)|Shankar Ghosh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|27&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Phansidewa Assembly constituency|Phansidewa]] (ST)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Durga Murmu]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|28&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chopra Assembly constituency|Chopra]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Uttar Dinajpur]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Hamidul Rahman]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Members of Parliament==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
!Year!!Name&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/darjeeling-lok-sabha |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705054044/https://resultuniversity.com/election/darjeeling-lok-sabha |archivedate=5 July 2025 |accessdate=5 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Result University}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Darjeeling (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP&amp;#039;s till 2019&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=2024 |title=Darjeeling (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP&amp;#039;s till 2019 |url=https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/darjeeling.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705054204/https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/darjeeling.html |archivedate=5 July 2025 |accessdate=5 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Elections}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Theodore Manaen]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Maitreyee Bose|Maitreyee Basu]]&lt;br /&gt;
|style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ratanlal Brahmin]]&lt;br /&gt;
|style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Krishna Bahadur Chhetri]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Ananda Pathak]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=2 style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=2| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Indrajit Khullar &lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Gorkha National Liberation Front}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ratna Bahadur Rai]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3 style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=3| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ananda Pathak]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[S. P. Lepcha]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Dawa Narbula]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jaswant Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=2|[[Raju Bista]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
===General election 2024 ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Darjeeling&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Darjeeling Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Darjeeling Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/darjeeling |accessdate=5 July 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705043930/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/darjeeling |archivedate=5 July 2025 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Darjeeling&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Darjeeling |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S254.htm |accessdate=5 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705043939/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S254.htm |archivedate=5 July 2025 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; }}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Raju Bista]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6,79,331&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 51.18&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{down}}8.01&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Gopal Lama&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 500,806&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 37.73&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{up}}11.17&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[Munish Tamang]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 83,374&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 6.28&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = {{up}}1.14&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bandana Rai&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 13,674&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.03&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Bishnu Prasad Sharma]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 7,447&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.56&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bhupendra Lepcha&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6,395&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.48&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Atasi Biswas&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Party  &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,641&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.35&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Pradhan Mardi&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Ambedkarite Party of India  &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,747&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.21&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Khushi Ranjan Mandal&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Amra Bangali&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,337&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.18&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Kalicharan Barman&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,079&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.16&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Qamrul Haque&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = North Bengal People’s Party  &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,853&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.14&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Budharu Roy&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Kamatapur People’s Party (United)  &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,762&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.13&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Shahriar Alam&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,614&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.12&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Subodh Pakhrin&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress &lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 1,331&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.10&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
 |party      = None of the above (India)&lt;br /&gt;
 |candidate  = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
 |votes      = 18,021&lt;br /&gt;
 |percentage = 1.36&lt;br /&gt;
 |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 1,78,525&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      =&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage =74.76&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     ={{decrease}}4.04&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General election 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Darjeeling]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[Raju Bista]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 7,50,067&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 59.19&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = +16.46&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[Amar Singh Rai]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 3,36,624&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 26.56&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = -1.09&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[Sankar Malakar|Shankar Malakar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 65,186&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 5.14&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = -2.74&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[Saman Pathak]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 50,524&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 3.99&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = -10.64&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Rajesh Singh&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 15,973&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 1.26&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Nirode Chandra Adhikary&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 10,719&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.85&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Harka Bahadur Chhetri&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Jana Andolan Party&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 6,495&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.51&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Digbijay Mandal&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 4,117&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.32&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Reseeka Chettri&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 3,359&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.27&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Bharat Dong&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 2,952&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.23&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Sudip Mandal&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 2,259&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.18&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Ajay Dahal&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 2,199&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.17&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Christopher Gahatraj&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Indian Democratic Republican Front&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 1,678&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.13&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Dipak Kumar Roy&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = [[Kamtapur People&amp;#039;s Party]] (United)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 1,539&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.12&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Sunil Pandit&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Rashtriya Janasachetan Party&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 1,505&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.12&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = Tanmay Dutta&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 1,449&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.11&lt;br /&gt;
|change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|candidate  = [[None of the Above]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party      = None of the above (India)&lt;br /&gt;
|votes      = 10,625&lt;br /&gt;
|percentage = 0.84&lt;br /&gt;
|change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,13,443&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 32.63&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +15.37&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 12,69,666&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 78.80&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General election 2014===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Darjeeling&amp;lt;ref name=DarjLokSabha/&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]|votes=4,88,257|percentage=42.73|change=-8.77}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Bhaichung Bhutia]]|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=2,91,018|percentage=25.47|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Saman Pathak]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=1,67,186|percentage=14.63|change=-10.66}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sujay Ghatak|party=Indian National Congress|votes=90,076|percentage=7.88|change=-11.55}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=18,045|percentage=1.58|change=---}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority||votes=1,97,239|percentage=17.26|change=-8.95}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout||votes=11,42,009|percentage=80.20|change=+0.70}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = -8.77&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General election 2009===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: [[Darjeeling]]&amp;lt;ref name=DarjLokSabha/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Jaswant Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,97,649&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 51.50&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +38.67&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Jibesh Sarkar&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,44,360&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 25.29&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -7.99&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Dawa Narbula]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,87,809&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 19.43&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -25.27&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ram Ganesh Baraik&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 13,236&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.37&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +1.37&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Haridas Thakur&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 5,083&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.53&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.68&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Nitu Jai&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,786&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.50&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +0.50&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Abhijit Majumdar&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,818&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.40&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = 0&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Amra Bangalee&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Niranjan Saha&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,717&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.38&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = 0&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Arun Kumar Agarwal&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,227&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.33&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = 0&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian People&amp;#039;s Forward Bloc&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Baidyanath Roy&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,686&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.28&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = 0&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,53,289&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 26.21&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +14.79&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 9,66,371&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 79.50&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +8.39&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General election 2004===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Darjeeling]]&amp;lt;ref name=DarjLokSabha/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Dawa Narbula]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,96,973&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 44.7&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Moni Thapa&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,95,557&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 33.28&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Dr. G.S. Yonzone&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,13,972&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 12.83&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sanjay Thakuri&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 20,988&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 2.36&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Mohan Chhetri&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 14,857&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.67&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Raju Bhatta&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 11,112&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.25&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bimal Dutta&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 10,758&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.21&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Amra Bangalee&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Kishalay Kanti Sharma&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 8,695&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.98&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Lalit Barman&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 8,690&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.97&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Tika Pradhan&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6481&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.73&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,01,416&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 11.42&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 8,88,083&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General elections 1957-2014===&lt;br /&gt;
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Year&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;DarjLokSabha&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |access-date=19 April 2019 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Voter Turnout&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |Winner&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |Runners up&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!Votes&lt;br /&gt;
!%age&lt;br /&gt;
!Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
!%age&lt;br /&gt;
!Party&lt;br /&gt;
!Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
!%age&lt;br /&gt;
!Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1957&lt;br /&gt;
|769,330&lt;br /&gt;
|41.67&lt;br /&gt;
|Theodore Manaen&lt;br /&gt;
|43.27&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Ratan Lal Brahman&lt;br /&gt;
|35.63&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Communist Party of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1962&lt;br /&gt;
|197,796&lt;br /&gt;
|46.97&lt;br /&gt;
|Theodore Manaen&lt;br /&gt;
|35.03&lt;br /&gt;
|Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|Ratan Lal Brahman&lt;br /&gt;
|30.57&lt;br /&gt;
|Communist Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1967&lt;br /&gt;
|258,528&lt;br /&gt;
|58.39&lt;br /&gt;
|M. Basu&lt;br /&gt;
|39.27&lt;br /&gt;
|Independent&lt;br /&gt;
|Theodore Manaen&lt;br /&gt;
|38.54&lt;br /&gt;
|Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1971&lt;br /&gt;
|268.931&lt;br /&gt;
|53.54&lt;br /&gt;
|Ratan Lal Brahman&lt;br /&gt;
|33.19&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|G.S. Gurung&lt;br /&gt;
|28.36&lt;br /&gt;
|IGL&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1977&lt;br /&gt;
|2,72,140&lt;br /&gt;
|43.35&lt;br /&gt;
|Krishna Bahadur Chhetri&lt;br /&gt;
|41.81&lt;br /&gt;
|INC(I)&lt;br /&gt;
|Ratan Lal Brahman&lt;br /&gt;
|34.75&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1980&lt;br /&gt;
|419.40&lt;br /&gt;
|56.66&lt;br /&gt;
|Ananda Pathak&lt;br /&gt;
|45.75&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|Krishna Bahadur Chhetri&lt;br /&gt;
|41.27&lt;br /&gt;
|INC(I)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1984&lt;br /&gt;
|5,61,740&lt;br /&gt;
|68.13&lt;br /&gt;
|Ananda Pathak&lt;br /&gt;
|41.96&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|Dawa Narbula&lt;br /&gt;
|41.71&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1989&lt;br /&gt;
|7,88,360&lt;br /&gt;
|74.26&lt;br /&gt;
|Inderjeet&lt;br /&gt;
|56.49&lt;br /&gt;
|GNLF&lt;br /&gt;
|Ananda Pathak&lt;br /&gt;
|37.65&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1991&lt;br /&gt;
|7,62,890&lt;br /&gt;
|69.59&lt;br /&gt;
|Inderjeet&lt;br /&gt;
|48.07&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|Ananda Pathak&lt;br /&gt;
|41.04&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI (M)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1996&lt;br /&gt;
|8,43,300&lt;br /&gt;
|69.52&lt;br /&gt;
|R.B. Rai&lt;br /&gt;
|45.91&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
| Krishna Bahadur Chhetri&lt;br /&gt;
|36.00&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1998&lt;br /&gt;
|6,41,280&lt;br /&gt;
|51.78&lt;br /&gt;
|Ananda Pathak&lt;br /&gt;
|44.75&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|Prasanta Nandy&lt;br /&gt;
|25.21&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1999&lt;br /&gt;
|5,90,020&lt;br /&gt;
|46.21&lt;br /&gt;
|S.P. Lepcha&lt;br /&gt;
|44.24&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI (M)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[N.B. Khatiwada|Nar Bahadur Khatiwara]]&lt;br /&gt;
|24.96&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2004&lt;br /&gt;
|8,88,320&lt;br /&gt;
|71.11&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Dawa Narbula]]&lt;br /&gt;
|44.70&lt;br /&gt;
|INC&lt;br /&gt;
|Moni Thapa&lt;br /&gt;
|33.28&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2009&lt;br /&gt;
|9,66,371&lt;br /&gt;
|79.51&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jaswant Singh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|51.50&lt;br /&gt;
|[[BJP]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Jibesh Sarkar&lt;br /&gt;
|25.29&lt;br /&gt;
|CPI(M)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2014&lt;br /&gt;
|11,42,009&lt;br /&gt;
|80.20&lt;br /&gt;
|[[S.S. Ahluwalia]]&lt;br /&gt;
|42.75&lt;br /&gt;
|BJP&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bhaichung Bhutia]]&lt;br /&gt;
|25.48&lt;br /&gt;
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2019&lt;br /&gt;
|12,67,270&lt;br /&gt;
|78.71&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Raju Bista]]&lt;br /&gt;
|59.19&lt;br /&gt;
|BJP&lt;br /&gt;
|Amar Singh Rai&lt;br /&gt;
|26.56&lt;br /&gt;
|TMC&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Darjeeling district]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Politics of Gorkhaland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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