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DARJEELING

Assembly seat no. 23 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called DARJEELING. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
2026BJPNoman RaiBGPMBijoy Kumar Rai6,0573.48%682.4%
2021BJPNEERAJ TAMANG ZIMBAINDKESHAV RAJ SHARMA21,27612.62%968.1%
2016GOJAMAMAR SINGH RAIAITCSARDA RAI SUBBA49,91331.32%467.1%
2011GOJAMTRILOK KUMAR DEWANGNLFBIM SUBBA1,06,55569.41%570.4%
20061973 boundariesGNLFPRANAY RAIINDAMAR LAMA22,01019.88%462.7%
20011973 boundariesGNLFD.K. PRADHANINDSAWAN RAI45,26342.99%560.6%
19961973 boundariesGNLFNAR BAHADUR CHETTRICPMKAMALA SANSKRITYAYANA25,46725.16%866.4%
19911973 boundariesINDNARENDRA KUMAIABGLJ. D. S. RAI12,23313.97%459.5%
19871973 boundariesCPMDAWA LAMAINCP. P. RAI12,79383.66%512.8%
19821973 boundariesCPMDAWA LAMAINDJ. D. S. RAI3090.53%257.4%
19771973 boundariesINDDEO PRAKASH RAICPMSANGDOPAL LEPCHA4,19310.56%1043.5%
19721966 boundariesIGLDEO PRAKASH RAIINDG.S. GURUNG5,45716.57%550.7%
19711966 boundariesIGLDEO PRAKASH RAIINCMADAN KUMAR THAPA5,86518.23%350.9%
19691966 boundariesIGLDEO PRAKASH RAIINCMADAN KUMAR THAPA4,17915.35%248.1%
19671966 boundariesINDD.RAIINCM.K.THAPA5,19618.57%351.8%
19621961 boundariesGLDEO PRAKASH RAICPIANANDA PRASAD PATHAK4,52024.32%534.7%

Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

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