Kalimpong
Constituency No. 22 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKalimpong
LS constituencyDarjeeling
Established1952
Total electors211,896
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha
Elected year2021

Kalimpong Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 22 Kalimpong Assembly constituency covers Kalimpong municipality, Kalimpong I community development block, Kalimpong II community development block, and Gorubathan community development block.[1]

Kalimpong Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year 		Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1952 Lalit Bahadur Kharga Communist Party of India
1957 Nar Bahadur Gurung Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1962 Lakshmi Ranjan Josse Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1967 K.B. Gurung Indian National Congress
1969 P.L. Subba Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1971 Madan Kumar Subba
1972 Gajendra Gurung Indian National Congress
1977 Renu Leena Subba Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1982
1987 Mohan Singh Rai Communist Party of India
1991 Nima Tsering Moktan Independent/Gorkha National Liberation Front
1996 Gaulan Lepcha Gorkha National Liberation Front
2001
2006
2011 Harka Bahadur Chhetri Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
2016 Sarita Rai
2021 Ruden Sada Lepcha Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binay Faction)

Election results

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ruden Sada Lepcha of GJM (Binay faction) defeated his nearest rival Suva Pradhan of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kalimpong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GJM (Binay faction) Ruden Sada Lepcha 58,206 37.59
BJP Suva Pradhan 54,336 35.09
GJM (Bimal faction) Ram B. Bhujel 31,856 20.57
NPP Penjo Gompu Bhutia 1,805 1.17
Independent Songden Lepcha 1,720 1.11
INC Dilip Pradhan 1,715 1.11
ABGL (Bharati faction) Ujjwal Rai 1,562 1.01
Independent Bhupendra Lepcha 1,503 0.97
None of the Above None of the Above 2,160 1.39
Majority 3,870 2.50
Turnout 1,54,863
GJM (Binay faction) gain from GJM

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sarita Rai of GJM defeated her nearest rival Harka Bahadur Chhetri of JAP.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kalimpong constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GJM Sarita Rai 67,693 49.05
JAP Harka Bahadur Chhetri 56,262 40.77
CPRM Kishore Pradhan 5,714 4.14
GRC Amar Lucksom 3,201 2.32
Independent Bhrigu Nath Gupta 1,751 1.26
None of the Above None of the Above 3,364 2.43
Majority 11,431 8.28
Turnout 1,37,985 71.22
GJM hold Swing

2011 Election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJM defeated his nearest rival Prakash Dahal of GNLF.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kalimpong constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GJM Harka Bahadur Chettri 109,102 87.36
GNLF Prakash Dahal 7,427 5.94
INC Shanti Kumar Sharma 3,399 2.72
CPI Bikram Chhetri 3,105 2.48
ABGL Tribhuwan Rai 1,852 1.48
Majority 1,01,675 81.42
Turnout 1,24,885 75.06
GJM gain from GNLF Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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