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{{Infobox settlement


| name = Darjeeling 
| official_name =
| other_name =
| native_name = 
| settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto = 
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|27|02|20|N|88|15|50|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
| subdivision_name3 = 23
| subdivision_type4 = Type [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
| subdivision_name4 = Open [[First past the post system|First past the post]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|4 Darjeeling]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 217,964 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> 237,470 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> 246,663 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
| area_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
| leader_name = [[Neeraj Zimba]]
| leader_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| leader_title = Incumbent
}}

'''Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Darjeeling district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 23 Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Darjeeling]] municipality, [[Darjeeling Pulbazar (Community development block)|Darjeeling Pulbazar]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Dhootria Kalej Valley, Ghum Khasmahal, Sukhia-Simana, Rangbhang Gopaldhara, Pokhriabong I, Pokhriabong II, Pokhriabong III, Lingia Maraybong, Permaguri Tamsang, Plungdung and Rangbull [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (Community development block)|Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of Indial}}</ref>

Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly<ref name=WestBengalResults>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/|title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Darjeeling||Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj ||Independent
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Darjeeling||[[Deo Prakash Rai]] ||Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1969||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1971||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1972||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1977||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1982||Darjeeling||Dawa Lama||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|1987||Darjeeling||Dawa Lama||Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1991||Darjeeling||Narendra Kumai||Independent/[[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
|1996||Darjeeling||Nar Bahadur Chhetri||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Darjeeling||D.K. Pradhan||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Darjeeling||Pranay Rai||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Darjeeling||Trilok Dewan||[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Darjeeling||Amar Singh Rai||Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|-
|2019 (by-election)||Darjeeling||Neeraj Zimba||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Darjeeling||[[Neeraj Zimba]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results<ref name=WestBengalResults/>==

===2021 Election===

In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Neeraj Zimba of BJP defeated his nearest rival Keshav Raj Sharma of GJM (Binay faction).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Darjeeling constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Neeraj Zimba
|votes = 68,907
|percentage = 40.88
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)
|candidate = Keshav Raj Sharma
|votes = 47,631
|percentage = 28.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Bimal faction)
|candidate = Pemba Tshering Ola
|votes = 38,240
|percentage = 22.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Suraj Gurung
|votes = 2,855
|percentage = 1.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[ABGL]] (Bharati faction)
|candidate = Nima Gyamtsho Sherpa
|votes = 2,088
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Gautam Raj Rai
|votes = 1,913
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Anjani Sharma
|votes = 1,677
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[ABGL]] (Laxman faction)
|candidate = Milan Thokar
|votes = 1,397
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bharat Prakash Rai
|votes = 1,327
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,540
|percentage = 1.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,276
|percentage = 12.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,68,575
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 By Election===
In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election 2019, Neeraj Zimba of BJP defeated his nearest rival Binay Tamang (Independent). The by-election was held because the sitting MLA Amar Singh Rai resigned to contest in the Lok Sabha election.

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly By-Election, 2019: Darjeeling constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Neeraj Zimba
|votes = 88,161
|percentage = 61.80
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)/Independent
|candidate = Binay Tamang
|votes = 41,623
|percentage = 29.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Andolan Party
|candidate = Amar Lama
|votes = 3,242
|percentage = 2.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = K.B. Wattar
|votes = 2,087
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Swaraj Thapa
|votes = 1,768
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sarda Rai Subba
|votes = 1,270
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Indian Democratic Republican Front
|candidate = Sanjay Thakuri
|votes = 1,183
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Amar Luksom
|votes = 1,166
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Biplov Rai
|votes = 668
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 46,538
|percentage = 32.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,42,675
|percentage = 59.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
| winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Amar Singh Rai of GJM defeated his nearest rival Sarda Rai Subba of TMC.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Darjeeling constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Amar Singh Rai
|votes = 95,386
|percentage = 59.85
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sarda Rai Subba
|votes = 45,473
|percentage = 28.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
|candidate = Govind Chettri
|votes = 8,982
|percentage = 5.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Lepcha
|votes = 3,716
|percentage = 2.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 5,817
|percentage = 3.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 49,913
|percentage = 31.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,59,374
|percentage = 67.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 Election===
In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Trilok Dewan of GJM defeated his nearest rival Bim Subba of GNLF.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Darjeeling constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Trilok Dewan
|votes = 1,20,532
|percentage = 78.50
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|candidate = Bim Subba
|votes = 13,997
|percentage = 9.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Bharati Tamang
|votes = 11,198
|percentage = 7.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = K.B. Wattar
|votes = 5,353
|percentage = 3.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nahakul Chandra Chhetri
|votes = 2,463
|percentage = 1.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,06,535
|percentage = 69.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,53,523
|percentage = 70.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|loser = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Darjeeling}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Darjeeling district]]

Darjeeling Vidhan Sabha constituency - Revision history

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