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Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1957-present

Current MP
  
S.S. Ahluwalia

Total Electors
  
1,437,126

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Male electors
  
737,184

Reservation
  
None

Elected Year
  
2014

Member of parliament
  
S. S. Ahluwalia

State
  
West Bengal

Female electors
  
699,942

Assembly Constituencies
  
Kalimpong Darjeeling Kurseong Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Siliguri Phansidewa (ST) Chopra

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Kurseong, Kalimpong, Chopra, Darjeeling, Phansidewa, Matigara-Naxalbari, Siliguri

Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দার্জিলিং লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong district and one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district.

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Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:

  • Kalimpong (assembly constituency no. 22)
  • Darjeeling (assembly constituency no. 23)
  • Kurseong (assembly constituency no. 24)
  • Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) (assembly constituency no. 25)
  • Siliguri (assembly constituency no. 26)
  • Phansidewa (ST) (assembly constituency no. 27)
  • Chopra (assembly constituency no. 28)
  • Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
    General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

    General elections 1957-2014

    Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

    References

    Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia