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'''Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Darjeeling 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. 23 Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Darjeeling]] municipality, [[Darjeeling Pulbazar (Community development block)|Darjeeling Pulbazar]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Dhootria Kalej Valley, Ghum Khasmahal, Sukhia-Simana, Rangbhang Gopaldhara, Pokhriabong I, Pokhriabong II, Pokhriabong III, Lingia Maraybong, Permaguri Tamsang, Plungdung and Rangbull [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (Community development block)|Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri]] 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 Indial}}</ref>

Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha 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"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Darjeeling||Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj ||Independent
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Darjeeling||[[Deo Prakash Rai]] ||Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1969||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1971||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1972||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1977||Darjeeling||Deo Prakash Rai||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1982||Darjeeling||Dawa Lama||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|1987||Darjeeling||Dawa Lama||Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1991||Darjeeling||Narendra Kumai||Independent/[[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
|1996||Darjeeling||Nar Bahadur Chhetri||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Darjeeling||D.K. Pradhan||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Darjeeling||Pranay Rai||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Darjeeling||Trilok Dewan||[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Darjeeling||Amar Singh Rai||Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|-
|2019(by-election)||Darjeeling||Neeraj Zimba||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==

===2019 By Election===
In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election 2019, Neeraj Zimba of BJP defeated his nearest rival Binay Tamang (Independent).

{{Election box begin | title=By Election, 2019: Darjeeling }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Neeraj Zimba
|votes = 88,161
|percentage = 61.80
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)/Independent
|candidate = Binay Tamang
|votes = 41,623
|percentage = 29.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Andolan Party
|candidate = Amar Lama
|votes = 3,242
|percentage = 2.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = K.B. Wattar
|votes = 2,087
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Swaraj Thapa
|votes = 1,768
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sarda Rai Subba
|votes = 1,270
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Indian Democratic Republican Front
|candidate = Sanjay Thakuri
|votes = 1,183
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Amar Luksom
|votes = 1,166
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Biplov Rai
|votes = 668
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,42,675
|percentage = 59.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
| winner = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|loser = [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election<ref name=WestBengalResults/>===

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

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Darjeeling constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Amar Singh Rai
|votes = 95,386
|percentage = 59.85
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sarda Rai Subba
|votes = 45,473
|percentage = 28.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
|candidate = Govind Chettri
|votes = 8,982
|percentage = 5.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Lepcha
|votes = 3,716
|percentage = 2.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 5,817
|percentage = 3.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 159,374
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 Election<ref name=WestBengalResults/>===
In the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]], Trilok Dewan of GJM defeated his nearest rival Bim Subba of GNLF.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Darjeeling constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Trilok Dewan
|votes = 120,532
|percentage = 78.50
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|candidate = Bim Subba
|votes = 13,997
|percentage = 9.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Bharati Tamang
|votes = 11,198
|percentage = 7.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = K.B. Wattar
|votes = 5,353
|percentage = 3.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nahakul Chandra Chhetri
|votes = 2,463
|percentage = 1.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 153,543
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Darjeeling}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Darjeeling district]]