Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Darjeeling

R B Rai (CPM) won by 77,124 votes (9.9%).

Electors
12,12,950
Votes polled
8,43,297
Valid votes
Turnout
69.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 9.9% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
13.6%(-19.3%)
Turnout
75.2%(-8.2%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
90.1%

Winning margin over time · Darjeeling

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202433%

Candidates

Candidates · Darjeeling 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1R B RaiWinnerCPM3,57,29145.9%
2K B ChettriINC2,80,16736.0%
3Geeta ChatterjeeBJP68,4218.8%
4Gazendra GurungIND29,4993.8%
5Krishna Bhakta PourelIND16,5112.1%
6Usmani MustakIND14,4321.9%
7Kamini Mohan RoyIND7,4741.0%
8Purnendu ChatterjeeIND2,3590.3%
9Mohammad Zamil AhamadMUL2,0950.3%

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