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'''Nandalal Gurung''' was an [[India]]n politician from [[Darjeeling]]. He belonged to the [[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League|All India Gorkha League]], and represented the [[Jore Bungalow Assembly constituency|Jore Bungalow constituency]] from 1967 to 1971 and 1972 to 1977.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Gurung was born in Darjeeling on 15 December 1921.<ref name=who>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=I78yAAAAMAAJ Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972]''. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 1974. p. 28</ref> He was the son of Padam Bahadur Gurung.<ref name=who/> He married Dhankeshari.<ref name=who/> He was a commissioner of Darjeeling Municipality and a member of the Darjeeling District Committee of the All India Gorkha League.<ref name=who/><br />
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Gurung was fielded by the All India Gorkha League in the Jore Bungalow seat in the [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], contesting against the incumbent CPI legislator Bhadra Bahadur Hamal. Gurung finished in second place with 8,832 votes (41.11%), just 129 votes less than Hamal.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193601/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><br />
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He won the Jore Bungalow seat in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], obtaining 12,428 votes (42.96%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref> He also became the president of the Darjeeling District Kulain Bagan Mazdur Sangh, a trade union of tea plantation workers, in 1967.<ref name=who/><ref>Khemraj Sharma. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=vl7tAAAAMAAJ Socio-economic Life of Cinchona Plantation Workers in India]''. N.L. Publishers, 1997. pp. 141-142</ref> Gurung was the local Member of Legislative Assembly during the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]]. Whilst Gurung opposed the agitation, and in response he took part in forming the North Bengal Welfare Committee together with [[Kamal Guha]] and representatives of the [[Bangla Congress]] and [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] - seeking to promote land reform issues and address some issues linked to the conflict.<ref name=abh>Amar Bhattacharya. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=Hm4MAQAAMAAJ Revolution Unleashed: A History of Naxalbari Movement in India, 1964-1972]''. Sampark, 2007. p. 45</ref><br />
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Gurung retained the Jore Bungalow seat in the [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], obtaining 15,693 votes (58.60%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref> He lost the Jore Bungalow seat to CPI(M) candidate [[Ananda Pathak]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], finishing in second place with 12,572 votes (37.72%)<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182727/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><br />
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He returned to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]], winning the Jore Bungalow seat with 12,063 votes (34.12%) and defeating the Congress(R) and CPI(M) candidates (whom both had over 11,000 votes).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195120/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref> When the All India Gorkha League underwent a split, Gurung sided with the L.S. Pradhan-led faction. The Pradhan faction fielded Gurung as its candidate in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] in the [[Darjeeling Assembly constituency|Darjeeling constituency]] taking on All India Gorkha League leader [[Deo Prakash Rai]].<ref name=ckka>Chiranjib Kumar Kar. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=cFw_AAAAMAAJ Sub-regional Movement in India: A Case Study : Political History of the Gorkhas in Darjeeling District]''. Kar, 1991. p. 56</ref> Gurung finished in sixth place, with 1,952 votes (4.92%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203744/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=37q1siAQ-pEC Bye-elections Brochure, 1981, an Analysis: House of the People and Legislative Assemblies, Council of States and Legislative Councils, 1-1-1981 to 31-12-1981]''. Election Commission of India, 1984 . p. 120</ref><br />
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