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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Kalimpong 
|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|04|N|88|28|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 = [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 22
|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 = 166,388 (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> 193,742 (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> 211,896 (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>

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'''Kalimpong Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Kalimpong 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. 22 Kalimpong Assembly constituency covers [[Kalimpong]] municipality, [[Kalimpong I (Community development block)|Kalimpong I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], [[Kalimpong II (Community development block)|Kalimpong II]] community development block, and [[Gorubathan (Community development block)|Gorubathan]] 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 India}}</ref>

Kalimpong Assembly 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" style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#EAECF0; color:#202122;"
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | Election Year
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | Name of M.L.A.
! style="background-color:#eaecf0; color:#cbcefb; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | Party Affiliation
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Lalit Bahadur Kharga]]
| style="background-color:#de0000;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Nar Bahadur Gurung]]
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Lakshmi Ranjan Josse]]
| style="background-color:#7e5692;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[K.B. Gurung]]
| style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[P.L. Subba]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#7e5692;" |
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Madan Kumar Subba]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Gajendra Gurung]]
| style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Renu Leena Subba]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" |
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#f8f9fa; color:#202122;" | Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Mohan Singh Rawat|Mohan Singh Rai]]
| style="background-color:#de0000;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Nima Tsering Moktan]]
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Independent/[[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Gaulan Lepcha]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#347c17;" |
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Harka Bahadur Chhetri]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#52d017;" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Sarita Rai]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Ruden Sada Lepcha]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]] (Binay Faction)
|}

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

===2021 Election===

In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Ruden Sada Lepcha of GJM (Binay faction) defeated his nearest rival Suva Pradhan of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|GJM]] (Binay faction)
|candidate = [[Ruden Sada Lepcha]]
|votes = 58,206
|percentage = 37.59
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suva Pradhan
|votes = 54,336
|percentage = 35.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|GJM]] (Bimal faction)
|candidate = Ram B. Bhujel
|votes = 31,856
|percentage = 20.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National People's Party (India)
|candidate = Penjo Gompu Bhutia
|votes = 1,805
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Songden Lepcha
|votes = 1,720
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dilip Pradhan
|votes = 1,715
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[ABGL]] (Bharati faction)
|candidate = Ujjwal Rai
|votes = 1,562
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bhupendra Lepcha
|votes = 1,503
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,160
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,870
|percentage = 2.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,863
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold|
|winner = [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|GJM]] (Binay faction)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Sarita Rai of GJM defeated her nearest rival Harka Bahadur Chhetri of JAP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = [[Sarita Rai]]
|votes = 67,693
|percentage = 49.05
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Andolan Party
|candidate = Harka Bahadur Chhetri
|votes = 56,262
|percentage = 40.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
|candidate = Kishore Pradhan
|votes = 5,714
|percentage = 4.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Amar Lucksom
|votes = 3,201
|percentage = 2.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|candidate = Bhrigu Nath Gupta
|votes = 1,751
|percentage = 1.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 3,364
|percentage = 2.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,431
|percentage = 8.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,37,985
|percentage = 71.22
|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]], Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJM defeated his nearest rival Prakash Dahal of GNLF.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Harka Bahadur Chettri
|votes = 1,09,102
|percentage = 87.36
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|candidate = Prakash Dahal
|votes = 7,427
|percentage = 5.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Shanti Kumar Sharma
|votes = 3,399
|percentage = 2.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Bikram Chhetri
|votes = 3,105
|percentage = 2.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Tribhuwan Rai
|votes = 1,852
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,01,675
|percentage = 81.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,24,885
|percentage = 75.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|loser = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Kalimpong topics}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics in Kalimpong district]]
[[Category:Kalimpong district]]

Kalimpong Assembly constituency - Revision history

Kamal Guha at 02:47, 19 July 2023