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|subdivision_type1      = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3      = 22
|subdivision_type4      = Type <br> [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name4      = Open <br> [[First past the post system|First past the post]]
|subdivision_type5      = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5      = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|4 Darjeeling]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 166,388 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 193,742 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 211,896 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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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>==
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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
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Kalimpong||[[Ruden Sada Lepcha]]||[[GJM|Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binay faction)]]
|}
 
==Election results<ref name=WestBengalResults/>==
 
===2021 Election===


In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Ruden Sada Lepcha of GJM (Binay faction) defeated his nearest rival Suva Pradhan of BJP.
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{{R from move}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)
  |candidate  = [[Ruden Sada Lepcha]]
  |votes      = 58,206
  |percentage = 37.59
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Suva Pradhan
  |votes      = 54,336
  |percentage = 35.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = [[GJM]] (Bimal faction)
  |candidate  = Ram B. Bhujel
  |votes      = 31,856
  |percentage = 20.57
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = National People's Party (India)
  |candidate  = Penjo Gompu Bhutia
  |votes      = 1,805
  |percentage = 1.17
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Songden Lepcha
  |votes      = 1,720
  |percentage = 1.11
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Dilip Pradhan
  |votes      = 1,715
  |percentage = 1.11
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = [[ABGL]] (Bharati faction)
  |candidate  = Ujjwal Rai
  |votes      = 1,562
  |percentage = 1.01
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Bhupendra Lepcha
  |votes      = 1,503
  |percentage = 0.97
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the Above
  |candidate  = None of the Above
  |votes      = 2,160
  |percentage = 1.39
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 3,870
  |percentage = 2.50
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,54,863
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold|
|winner = [[GJM]] (Binay faction)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2016 Election===
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 with party link|
  |party      = None of the Above
  |candidate  = None of the Above
  |votes      = 3,364
  |percentage = 2.43
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 11,431
  |percentage = 8.28
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,37,985
  |percentage = 71.22
  |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]], Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJM defeated his nearest rival Prakash Dahal of GNLF.
{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalimpong constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
  |candidate  = Harka Bahadur Chettri
  |votes      = 1,09,102
  |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 majority|
  |votes      = 1,01,675
  |percentage = 81.42
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,24,885
  |percentage = 75.06
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
  |loser      = Gorkha National Liberation Front
  |swing      =
}}
{{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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