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'''Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Kalimpong 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. 22 Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Kalimpong]] municipality, [[Kalimpong I (Community development block)|Kalimpong I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], [[Kalimpong II (Community development block)|Kalimpong II]] community development block, and [[Gorubathan (Community development block)|Gorubathan]] 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>
 
Kalimpong (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
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kalimpong||Lalit Bahadur Kharga||[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Kalimpong||Nar Bahadur Gurung||Independent/[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Kalimpong||Lakshmi Ranjan Josse||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Kalimpong||K.B. Gurung||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1969||Kalimpong||P.L. Subba||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1971||Kalimpong||Madan Kumar Subba||Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1972||Kalimpong||Gajendra Gurung||Indian National Congress
|-
|1977||Kalimpong||Renu Leena Subba||Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1982||Kalimpong||Renu Leena Subba||Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
|-
|1987||Kalimpong||Mohan Singh Rai||Communist Party of India
|-
|1991||Kalimpong||Nima Tsering Moktan||Independent/[[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
|-
|1996||Kalimpong||Gaulan Lepcha||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Kalimpong||Gaulan Lepcha||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Kalimpong||Gaulan Lepcha||Gorkha National Liberation Front
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Kalimpong||Harka Bahadur Chhetri||[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Kalimpong||[[Sarita Rai]]||Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
 
|}
 
==Election results==
===2019===
===Election<ref name="WestBengalResults" />===
 
In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Sarita Rai of GJM defeated her nearest rival Harka Bahadur Chhetri of JAP.
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
  |candidate  = [[Sarita Rai]]
  |votes      = 67,693
  |percentage = 49.05
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Jana Andolan Party
  |candidate  = Harka Bahadur Chhetri
  |votes      = 56,262
  |percentage = 40.77
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
  |candidate  = Kishore Pradhan
  |votes      = 5,714
  |percentage = 4.14
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
  |candidate  = Amar Lucksom
  |votes      = 3,201
  |percentage = 2.32
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
  |party      = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
  |candidate  = Bhrigu Nath Gupta
  |votes      = 1,751
  |percentage = 1.26
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
  |party      = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
  |candidate  = None of the Above
  |votes      = 3,364
  |percentage = 2.43
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 137,985
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2011 Election<ref name=WestBengalResults/>===
In the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]], Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJM defeated his nearest rival Prakash Dahal of GNLF.


{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Redirect category shell|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{R from move}}
  |party      = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
  |candidate  = Harka Bahadur Chettri
  |votes      = 109,102
  |percentage = 87.36
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Gorkha National Liberation Front
  |candidate  = Prakash Dahal
  |votes      = 7,427
  |percentage = 5.94
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Shanti Kumar Sharma
  |votes      = 3,399
  |percentage = 2.72
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = Bikram Chhetri
  |votes      = 3,105
  |percentage = 2.48
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
  |candidate  = Tribhuwan Rai
  |votes      = 1,852
  |percentage = 1.48
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 124,885
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Kalimpong topics}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Kalimpong district]]

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