Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Darjeeling

Ananda Pathak (CPM) won by 1,22,556 votes (19.5%).

Electors
12,38,587
Votes polled
6,41,281
Valid votes
Turnout
51.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 19.5% (median 7.6%). Back to West Bengal · 1998 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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ananda PathakWinnerCPM2,80,58944.8%
2Prasanta NandyINC1,58,03325.2%
3Dawa NurbulaWBTC1,14,68818.3%
4R B RaiIND51,6818.2%
5Paresh RayIND12,6092.0%
6Surjit RasailyBSP3,7270.6%
7L B PariyarIND3,0480.5%
8Matiur RahmanIND2,5940.4%

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