Darjeeling Assembly constituency

Darjeeling
Darjeeling
Constituency No. 23 for the Darjeeling
Established	1951
Total electors	246,663
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Neeraj Zimba
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Darjeeling Assembly constituency is an

state of West Bengal

.

Overview

As per orders of the

Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri community development block.^[1]

Darjeeling Assembly constituency is part of No. 4

Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1951	Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj	Independent
1957	Deo Prakash Rai	Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1962		Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1967
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982	Dawa Lama	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987	Dawa Lama	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	Narendra Kumai	Independent/Gorkha National Liberation Front
1996	Nar Bahadur Chhetri	Gorkha National Liberation Front
2001	D.K. Pradhan
2006	Pranay Rai
2011	Trilok Dewan	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
2016	Amar Singh Rai	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
2019	Neeraj Zimba	Bharatiya Janta Party
2021	Neeraj Zimba	Bharatiya Janta Party

Election results

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).

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Darjeeling constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Neeraj Zimba	68,907	40.88	Winner
	GJM (Binay faction)	Keshav Raj Sharma	47,631	28.26
	GJM (Bimal faction)	Pemba Tshering Ola	38,240	22.68
	Independent	Suraj Gurung	2,855	1.69
	ABGL (Bharati faction)	Nima Gyamtsho Sherpa	2,088	1.24
	CPI(M)	Gautam Raj Rai	1,913	1.13
	Independent	Anjani Sharma	1,677	0.99
	ABGL (Laxman faction)	Milan Thokar	1,397	0.83
	Independent	Bharat Prakash Rai	1,327	0.79
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,540	1.51
Majority			21,276	12.62
Turnout			1,68,575
	BJP hold		Swing

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.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly By-Election, 2019: Darjeeling constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Neeraj Zimba	88,161	61.80	Winner
	GJM (Binay faction)	Binay Tamang	41,623	29.18
	JAP	Amar Lama	3,242	2.27
	CPI(M)	K.B. Wattar	2,087	1.46
	Independent	Swaraj Thapa	1,768	1.24
	Independent	Sarda Rai Subba	1,270	0.89
	Indian Democratic Republican Front	Sanjay Thakuri	1,183	0.83
	GRC	Amar Luksom	1,166	0.82
	ABGL	Biplov Rai	668	0.47
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,487	1.04
Majority			46,538	32.62
Turnout			1,42,675	59.71
	BJP gain from GJM		Swing

2016 Election

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

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Darjeeling constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GJM	Amar Singh Rai	95,386	59.85	Winner
	AITC	Sarda Rai Subba	45,473	28.53
	CPRM	Govind Chettri	8,982	5.63
	GRC	Ashok Kumar Lepcha	3,716	2.33
	None of the Above	None of the Above	5,817	3.65
Majority			49,913	31.32
Turnout			1,59,374	67.11
	GJM hold		Swing

2011 Election

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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Darjeeling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GJM	Trilok Dewan	120,532	78.50	Winner
	GNLF	Bim Subba	13,997	9.11
	ABGL	Bharati Tamang	11,198	7.29
	CPI(M)	K.B. Wattar	5,353	3.48
	INC	Nahakul Chandra Chhetri	2,463	1.60
Majority			1,06,535	69.39
Turnout			1,53,523	70.44
	GJM gain from GNLF		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of Indial. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of Indial. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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