Darjeeling is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Darjeeling Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 76.35%. There are 14,37,154 voters of which 7,37,062 are male and 7,00,062 are female and 30 voters of the third gender.
S S Ahluwalia of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating TMC. BJP polled 4,88,257 of the total of 11,42,009 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Darjeeling goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 79.51%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 4 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,37,154 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,37,062 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,00,062 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 79.51% | 79.55% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,97,239 | 2,53,289 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.27% | 26.2% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 79.51% | 79.55% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,97,239 | 2,53,289 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.27% | 26.2% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 750067 | 59.19% | Raju BistaWinner |
| AITC | 336624 | 26.56% | Amar Singh Rai |
| INC | 65186 | 5.14% | Sankar Malakar |
| CPI(M) | 50524 | 3.99% | Saman Pathak |
| IND | 15973 | 1.26% | Rajesh Singh |
| IND | 10719 | 0.85% | Nirode Chandra Adhikary |
| NOTA | 10625 | 0.84% | Nota |
| AIJAP | 6495 | 0.51% | Harka Bahadur Chhetri |
| IND | 4117 | 0.32% | Digbijay Mandal |
| IND | 3359 | 0.27% | Reseeka Chettri |
| GRC | 2952 | 0.23% | Bharat Dong |
| BSP | 2259 | 0.18% | Sudip Mandal |
| IND | 2199 | 0.17% | Ajay Dahal |
| IDRF | 1678 | 0.13% | Christopher Gahatraj |
| KPP(U) | 1539 | 0.12% | Dipak Kumar Roy |
| RJCP | 1505 | 0.12% | Sunil Pandit |
| SUCI | 1449 | 0.11% | Tanmay Dutta |
