Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Darjeeling

Jaswant Singh (BJP) won by 2,53,289 votes (26.2%).

Electors
12,15,464
Votes polled
9,67,400
Valid votes
9,65,830
Turnout
79.6%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 26.2% (median 7.0%). Back to West Bengal · 2009 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

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Candidates

Candidates · Darjeeling 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jaswant SinghWinnerBJP4,97,64951.5%
2Jibesh SarkarCPM2,44,36025.3%
3Dawa NarbulaINC1,87,80919.4%
4Ram Ganesh BaraikIND13,2361.4%
5Haridas ThakurBSP5,0830.5%
6Nitu JaiIND4,7860.5%
7Abhijit MajumdarCPI(ML)(L)3,8180.4%
8Niranjan SahaAMB3,7170.4%
9Arun Kumar AgarwalIND3,2270.3%
10Baidyanath RoyIPFB2,6860.3%

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