Darjeeling
Lok Sabha 1996 · West Bengal · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- R B RAICPM · COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
- Votes
- 357,29145.9% share
- Margin ?
- 77,124over INC
- Turnout ?
- 69.5%843,297 of 1,212,950
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R B RAI Winner | CPM | 357,291 | 45.91% |
| 2 | K B CHETTRI | INC | 280,167 | 36.00% |
| 3 | GEETA CHATTERJEE | BJP | 68,421 | 8.79% |
| 4 | GAZENDRA GURUNG | IND | 29,499 | 3.79% |
| 5 | KRISHNA BHAKTA POUREL | IND | 16,511 | 2.12% |
| 6 | USMANI MUSTAK | IND | 14,432 | 1.85% |
| 7 | KAMINI MOHAN ROY | IND | 7,474 | 0.96% |
| 8 | PURNENDU CHATTERJEE | IND | 2,359 | 0.30% |
| 9 | MOHAMMAD ZAMIL AHAMAD | MUL | 2,095 | 0.27% |
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Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2024BJPby 178,525
- 2019BJPby 413,443
- 2014BJPby 197,239
- 2009BJPby 253,289
- 2004INCby 101,416
- 1999CPMby 111,969
- 1998CPMby 122,556
- 1996CPMby 77,124
- 1991INCby 51,897
- 1989GNLFby 145,105
- 1984CPMby 1,389
- 1980CPMby 18,161
- 1977INCby 18,480
- 1971CPMby 12,277
- 1967INDby 1,831
- 1962INCby 8,427
- 1957INCby 10,675
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