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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaswant SinghWinner | BJP | 4,97,649 | 51.5% |
| 2 | Jibesh Sarkar | CPM | 2,44,360 | 25.3% |
| 3 | Dawa Narbula | INC | 1,87,809 | 19.4% |
| 4 | Ram Ganesh Baraik | IND | 13,236 | 1.4% |
| 5 | Haridas Thakur | BSP | 5,083 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Nitu Jai | IND | 4,786 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Abhijit Majumdar | CPI(ML)(L) | 3,818 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Niranjan Saha | AMB | 3,717 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Arun Kumar Agarwal | IND | 3,227 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Baidyanath Roy | IPFB | 2,686 | 0.3% |
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