Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Darjeeling

S.P. Lepcha (CPM) won by 1,11,969 votes (19.3%).

Electors
12,76,753
Votes polled
5,90,023
Valid votes
Turnout
46.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1999 national median: 19.3% (median 7.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1999 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 1999
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S.P. LepchaWinnerCPM2,56,82644.2%
2Nar Bahadur KhatiwaraINC1,44,85725.0%
3Tarun RoyAITC1,27,60322.0%
4R.b.raiIND31,7195.5%
5Sunil RoyIND11,7972.0%
6Krishna Bhakta PaurelIND5,1180.9%
7Sampad RoyIND2,5510.4%

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