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'''Kurseong (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==
[[File:Kurseong Toy train.jpg|thumb|285x285px|Kurseong train builting]]
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 24 Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Kurseong]] municipality, [[Kurseong (Community development block)|Kurseong]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], [[Mirik]] municipality, [[Mirik (Community development block)|Mirik]] community development block, [[Rangli Rangliot (Community development block)|Rangli Rangliot]] community development block, Gorabari Margaret's Hope, Lower Sonada I, Lower Sonada II, Munda Kothi and Upper Sonada [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (Community development block)|Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri]] community development block, and (i) Sitong Forest (Village), (ii) Sivok Hill Forest (Village), and (iii) Sivok Forest (Village) in Champasari GP of [[Matigara (Community development block)|Matigara]] 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 India}}</ref>

Kurseong (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
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kurseong-Siliguri||Tenzing Wangdi ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kurseong-Siliguri||George Mahbert||Independent
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Jorebungalow||[[Shiva Kumar Rai]] ||Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Jorebungalow||Bhadra Bahadur Hamal ||[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Jorebungalow||Bhadra Bahadur Hamal||Communist Party of India
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Jorebungalow||Nanda Lal Gurung||Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1969||Jorebungalow||Nanda Lal Gurung||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1971||Jorebungalow||Ananda Prasad Pathak||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|1972||Jorebungalow||Nanda Lal Gurung||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1977||Kurseong||[[Dawa Narbula]]||Indian National Congress
|-
|1982||Kurseong||Harka Bahadur Rai||Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1987||Kurseong||Harka Bahadur Rai||Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1991||Kurseong||Nar Bahadur Chhetri||Independent/[[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
|1996||Kurseong||[[Shanta Chhetri]]||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Kurseong||Shanta Chhetri||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Kurseong||Shanta Chhetri||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Kurseong||Rohit Sharma||[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Kurseong||Rohit Sharma||Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Kurseong||[[Bishnu Prasad Sharma]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

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

===2021 Election===

In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Bishnu Prasad Sharma of BJP defeated his nearest rival Tshering Lama Dahal of GJM (Binay faction).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kurseong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bishnu Prasad Sharma
|votes = 73,475
|percentage = 41.86
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)
|candidate = Tshering Lama Dahal
|votes = 57,960
|percentage = 33.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[GJM]] (Bimal faction)
|candidate = Narbu Lama
|votes = 33,094
|percentage = 18.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Uttam Brahman
|votes = 2,545
|percentage = 1.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[ABGL]] (Laxman faction)
|candidate = Ugam Lama
|votes = 2,299
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[ABGL]] (Bharati faction)
|candidate = Bikram Rai
|votes = 1,429
|percentage = 0.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pranav Pradhan
|votes = 1,366
|percentage = 0.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bhupendra Lepcha
|votes = 960
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,417
|percentage = 1.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,515
|percentage = 8.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,75,545
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Rohit Sharma of GJM defeated his nearest rival Shanta Chhetri of TMC.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kurseong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Rohit Sharma
|votes = 86,947
|percentage = 53.02
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Shanta Chhetri
|votes = 53,221
|percentage = 32.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
|candidate = Arun Kumar Ghatani
|votes = 12,219
|percentage = 7.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Dhurba Dewan
|votes = 4,160
|percentage = 2.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 7,426
|percentage = 4.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 33,726
|percentage = 20.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,63,973
|percentage = 72.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 Election===

In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Rohit Sharma of GJM defeated his nearest rival Pemu Chhetri of GNLF.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kurseong constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Rohit Sharma
|votes = 1,14,297
|percentage = 74.00
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|candidate = Pemu Chhetri
|votes = 21,201
|percentage = 13.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bhupendra Lepcha
|votes = 5,963
|percentage = 3.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|candidate = Shiva Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 4,463
|percentage = 2.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chhabi Chandra Rai
|votes = 4,272
|percentage = 2.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Deepa Chettri
|votes = 4,253
|percentage = 2.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 93,096
|percentage = 60.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,449
|percentage = 78.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|loser = Gorkha National Liberation Front
|swing =
}}
{{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]]

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