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Neeraj Zimba

2021-09-21T12:31:35Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{COI|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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'''Neeraj Zimba Tamang'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Neeraj Tamang Zimba(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)) - MyNeta|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=2160|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=myneta.info}}</ref> (14 November 1981) is an Indian Gorkha politician. He is the Central Committee Member and presently Secretary General
and Legal Adviser of [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] (GNLF). He was GNLF Spokesperson till 2019. He is also a practicing Criminal Lawyer by profession.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|author-link=|date=July 10, 2019|title=MLA Neeraj Zimba and His Historic Blunder|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/mla-neeraj-zimba-historic-blunder/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=thedarjeelingchronicle.com|publisher=Sudarshan Limbu}}</ref> He served as an MLA in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from the 23-Darjeeling Assembly constituency after winning on a BJP ticket in 2019 by polls.<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/bjp-banner-for-gnlf-in-darjeeling-bypoll/cid/1689492|website=telegraphindia.com|title=BJP banner for GNLF in Darjeeling bypoll|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="uniindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/bjp-candidate-niraj-zimba-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypoll-binay-tamang-lost/States/news/1608267.html|website=uniindia.com|title=BJP candidate Niraj Zimba wins Darjeeling assembly bypoll, Binay Tamang lost|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He was born to Tekdhoj Tamang Zimba and hails from [[Darjeeling]], [[West Bengal]], India. He obtained his Master Degree (M.A.) in Political Science from [[Annamalai University]] in 2012 and also holds a Master of Law (LL.M) from The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University. He is an advocate by profession.<ref name=":0" />

== Political career ==
An ardent follower of [[Subhash Ghisingh|Subash Ghishing]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 10, 2019|title=MLA Neeraj Zimba and His Historic Blunder|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/mla-neeraj-zimba-historic-blunder/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=thedarjeelingchronicle.com}}</ref> since his school days, he became the youngest Central Committee Member of the GNLF party and the youngest Indian Gorkha Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) to represent his 23-Darjeeling Constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2019 at the age of 36.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiatoday.in}}</ref> He became the party Spokesperson in 2016. His #RTI<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RTI on committee for tribal status to 11 Gorkha communities|url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/09/rti-on-committee-for-tribal-status-11-gorkha-communities.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiangorkhas.in}}</ref> reports on [[Gorkhaland]] Issue and Tribal Status Issue have garnered public attention.

=== 2019 Assembly election ===
As of 2019, the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), representing 23-Darjeeling Assembly Constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Bharatiya Janta Party BJP legislator. In May 2019, Neeraj Zimba, the BJP-GJM-Bimal Faction-backed GNLF candidate won the elections who polled 87,896 (61.8%) votes while Binoy Tamang, an Independent candidate backed by TMC stood second with 41611 (29.18%). Amar Lama of JAP came a distant third with 3233 (2.27%) votes. Zimba won by a margin of 46,538 votes.<ref name=":2" />

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Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

2021-09-21T12:27:00Z

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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Diamond Harbour
| image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Diamond Harbour.map}}
| caption = Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Constituency
| Existence = 1952–Present
| Reservation = None
| CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| CurrentMP = [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| State = [[West Bengal]]
| Electorate = 1,555,914<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=2 July 2014 }}</ref>
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| AssemblyConstituencies = [[Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]] [[Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falta]] [[Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Satgachhia]] [[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]] [[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]] [[Budge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Budge Budge]] [[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]]
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'''Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|Parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Diamond Harbour]] in [[West Bengal]]. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[South 24 Parganas]] district.

==Legislative Assembly Segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal''' - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. '''Diamond Harbour''', 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:<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 = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

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!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|MLA
|-
|143
|[[Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Pannalal Halder
|-
|144
|[[Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falta]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Sankar Kumar Naskar
|-
|145
|[[Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Satgachhia]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Mohan Chandra Naskar
|-
|146
|[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
|SC
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Dilip Mondal
|-
|155
|[[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Dulal Chandra Das
|-
|156
|[[Budge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Budge Budge]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Ashok Kumar Deb
|-
|157
|[[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]]
|None
|[[South 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Abdul Khaleque Molla
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-1957||Diamond Harbour||[[Kamal Basu]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|||||||[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-1962||||[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||||[[Kansari Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-1967||||[[Sudhansu Bhusan Das]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-1971||||[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-1977||||[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-1980||||[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-1982||||[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name =loksabha1980>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1982-1984 (Bye)||||[[Amal Dutta (politician)|Amal Dutta]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name="7ls">{{cite web|title=Seventh Lok Sabha -State wise Details - West Bengal|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=West+Bengal&lsno=7 |publisher= Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|access-date= 13 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-1989||||[[Amal Dutta (politician)|Amal Dutta]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title = General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-1991||||[[Amal Dutta (politician)|Amal Dutta]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title = General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-1996||||[[Amal Dutta (politician)|Amal Dutta]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title = General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-1998||||[[Samik Lahiri]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-1999||||[[Samik Lahiri]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-2004||||[[Samik Lahiri]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-2009||||[[Samik Lahiri]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-2014||||[[Somendra Nath Mitra]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-2019||||[[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 21 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-[[Incumbent]]||||[[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election Results==

===General Election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Diamond Harbour]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 7,91,127
|percentage = 56.13
|change = +15.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Nilanjan Roy
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 4,70,533
|percentage = 33.39
|change = +17.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dr. Fuad Halim
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 93,941
|percentage = 6.66
|change = -28.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Soumya Aich Roy
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 19,828
|percentage = 1.4
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 16,247
|percentage = 1.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,20,594
|percentage = 22.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,09,373
|percentage = 81.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General Election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: Diamond Harbour <ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 508,481
|percentage = 40.31
|change = -13.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Abul Hasnat|Dr. Abul Hasnat]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 437,187
|percentage = 34.66
|change = -4.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Abhijit Das
|votes = 200,858
|percentage = 15.92
|change = +12.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 63,047
|percentage = 5.00
|change = +5.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sudip Kumar Saha]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 8,740
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sougata Ghosh]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 6,634
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sailen Sadhukhan]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 6,633
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Bechu Mondal]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,607
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nazma Yasmeen]]
|party = Welfare Party of India
|votes = 3,272
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dilip Kumar Mondal]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 2,892
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ajay Ghosh
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 2,529
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Jaynal Abedin Mondal]]
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|votes = 1,856
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Bijan Majumder]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1,348
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Samir Putatunda]]
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|votes = 1,322
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Habibur Rahman Molla]]
|party = Rashtriya Janasachetan Party
|votes = 1,260
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Alok Sen]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 977
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None Of The Above
|party = None of the Above
|votes = 10,657
|percentage = 0.84
|change = ---
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 71,298
|percentage = 5.65
|change = -8.74
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 12,61,296
|percentage = 81.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General Election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election|General Election, 2009]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=loksabha2009/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Somendra Nath Mitra]]
|votes = 564,612
|percentage = 53.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 412,923
|percentage = 39.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Abhijit Das
|votes = 37,542
|percentage = 2.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Mainuddin Chisty]]
|votes = 9,966
|percentage = 0.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Sk Nasiruddin]]
|votes = 7,486
|percentage = 0.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = [[Harunal Rashid Kaji]]
|votes = 7,187
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[R.N. Chaudhury]]
|votes = 4,989
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Debajyoti Sengupta]]
|votes = 4,282
|percentage = 0.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = ABP
|candidate = [[Shyamal Mondal]]
|votes = 2,664
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Bechu Mondal]]
|votes = 2,535
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 151,689
|percentage = 15.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,054,112
|percentage = 80.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{election table|title=[[2009 Indian general election]] West Bengal summary}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=225 |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seat change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote percentage
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Trinamool Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}18
| style="text-align:center;" | 31.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}0
| style="text-align:center;" | 13.45
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | NA
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}17
| style="text-align:center;" | 33.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.56
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.04
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.14
|-
|}

===General Election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election|General Election, 2004]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=loksabha2004/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 430,590
|percentage = 51.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Saugata Roy]]
|votes = 277,106
|percentage = 33.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Daulat Ali Sheikh]]
|votes = 92,807
|percentage = 11.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Sheikh Nasir Uddin]]
|votes = 8427
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = [[Abdur Rauf Baidya]]
|votes = 5559
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National League
|candidate = [[Zameerul Hasssan]]
|votes = 4989
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Mainuddin Chisty]]
|votes = 5559
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
|candidate = [[Dhirendra Nath Mondal|Dr. Dhirendra Nath Mondal]]
|votes = 4455
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Bechu Mondal]]
|votes = 4001
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Bangla Congress]]
|candidate = [[Mala Banerjee]]
|votes = 3663
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|candidate = [[Sheikh Nazrul Islam]]
|votes = 3411
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Amit Sundar Purkait]]
|votes = 2592
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 153,784
|percentage = 18.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,35,475
|percentage = 75.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General Election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=loksabha1999/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 402,761
|percentage = 47.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sardar Amjad Ali]]
|votes = 331,598
|percentage = 39.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Daulat Ali Sheikh]]
|votes = 106,344
|percentage = 12.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Kishor Kumar Ghosh]]
|votes = 1165
|percentage = 0.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Gopal Roy Safai]]
|votes = 1088
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Bitan Mondal]]
|votes = 814
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Bechu Mondal]]
|votes = 572
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 71,163
|percentage = 8.3%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,58,209
|percentage = 75.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=loksabha1998/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 405,048
|percentage = 45.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]]
|votes = 344,092
|percentage = 39.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Maya Ghosh]]
|votes = 124,335
|percentage = 14.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Shahadat Hossain Jamadar]]
|votes = 3210
|percentage = 0.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Bechu Mondal]]
|votes = 2229
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Ranendra Kumar Gupta]]
|votes = 1550
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Sambhu Mondal]]
|votes = 640
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 60,956
|percentage = 6.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,96,052
|percentage = 79.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: Diamond Harbour<ref name=loksabha1996/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Samik Lahiri]]
|votes = 411,844
|percentage = 47.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sardar Amjad Ali]]
|votes = 389,318
|percentage = 44.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dulal Chaudhuri]]
|votes = 55,518
|percentage = 6.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = MUL
|candidate = [[Ruhulamine Mollick]]
|votes = 4365
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = [[Sanjib Chatterjee]]
|votes = 3381
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Jahar Biswas]]
|votes = 2139
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Nemai Naskar]]
|votes = 2010
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Nathuni Roy]]
|votes = 936
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 22,526
|percentage = 2.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,89,735
|percentage = 80.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections 1951-2004===
Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) was a double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Since then it is a single-member constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|-
|
!
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1951
|[[Kamal Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|
|
|-
|
|[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Mahabir Prosad]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|1957
|[[Kansari Halder]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|
|
|-
|
|[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Kamal Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|[[Sudhansu Bhusan Das]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Kamal Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Sudhansu Bhusan Das]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Biren Mahanti]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|[[Jyotirmoy Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[A K M Ishaque]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|[[Amal Datta]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Sudhendu Mundle]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|[[Amal Datta]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Maya Ghosh]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|[[Amal Datta]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Maya Ghosh]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|[[Samik Lahiri]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Amjad Ali Sardar]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|[[Samik Lahiri]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|[[Samik Lahiri]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Amjad Ali Sardar]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|[[Samik Lahiri]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Saugata Roy]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Diamond Harbour]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/diamond_harbour/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Diamond Harbour lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

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{{West Bengal elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha Constituency)}}
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[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Diamond Harbour]]

Krishna Das (politician)

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Krishna Das
| candidate = [[Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimganj]], [[Assam]] ([[2014 Indian general election]])
| party_election =
| election_date = 12 April 2014-16 May 2014
| opponent = {{ubl|[[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])|Radhey Shyam Biswas (AIUDF)|Rinku Malakar ([[Samajwadi Party|SP]])|Nani Sarkar (SUCI)}}
| incumbent = Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}

'''Krishna Das''' is a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician from [[Assam]]. He is the former chairman of the [[Karimganj|Karimganj Municipal Board]], and has been fielded as the candidate from the [[Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimganj constituency]] (reserved for [[Scheduled Castes]]) by his party in the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle for Karimganj LS seat yet to heat up|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=186369&dtP=2014-03-21&ppr=1|publisher=[[The Sentinel (Gauhati)|Sentinel]]|accessdate=28 March 2014|location=[[Silchar]]|date=20 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100509/http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=186369&dtP=2014-03-21&ppr=1|archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Krishna}}
[[Category:Assam politicians]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam]]

{{Assam-BJP-politician-stub}}

Joyram Engleng

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joyram Engleng
| candidate = [[Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)|Autonomous District]], [[Assam]] ([[2014 Indian general election]])
| party_election =
| election_date = 12 April 2014 - 16 May 2014
| opponent = [[Biren Singh Engti]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| incumbent = [[Biren Singh Engti]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}

'''Joyram Engleng''' is a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician from Karbi Anglong district of [[Assam]]. He is the former Chief Executive Member of the [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council]] and has fielded as the candidate from the [[Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)|Autonomous District constituency]] (reserved for [[Scheduled Tribes]]) by his party in the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BJP declares Joyram Engleng as its Diphu candidate|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/ghy_city/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=186482&dtP=2014-03-22&ppr=1#.UzWqp6iSzZE|publisher=[[The Sentinel (Gauhati)|The Sentinel]]|accessdate=28 March 2014|location=[[Guwahati]]|date=21 March 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Engleng, Joyram}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Members of the Assam Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Karbi Anglong district]]

{{Assam-BJP-politician-stub}}