Darjeeling, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Darjeeling (West Bengal) was won by Raju Bista (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 413,443 votes over Amar Singh Rai. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Darjeeling, West Bengal, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
T. Manaen
Indian National Congress
60,460
43.3%
Ratanlall Brahmin (Communist Party of India)
10,675 (7.6 pts)
1962
T. Manaen
Indian National Congress
66,129
35.0%
Ratan Lal Brahman (Communist Party of India)
8,427 (4.5 pts)
1967
M. Basu
Independent
97,476
39.3%
T. Manaen (Indian National Congress)
1,831 (0.7 pts)
1971
Ratanlall Brahman
CPI (Marxist)
84,408
33.2%
Gurung G. S. (IGL)
12,277 (4.8 pts)
1977
Krishna Bahadur Chettri
Indian National Congress
109,520
41.8%
Ratanlal Brahman (CPI (Marxist))
18,480 (7.0 pts)
1980
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
185,612
45.7%
K.B. Chettri (Congress (I))
18,161 (4.5 pts)
1984
Ananda Prasad Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
228,679
42.0%
Dawa Narbula (Indian National Congress)
1,389 (0.2 pts)
1989
Inderjeet
GNLF
435,070
56.5%
Ananda Pathak (CPI (Marxist))
145,105 (18.8 pts)
1991
Inder Jeet
Indian National Congress
354,645
48.1%
Ananda Pathak (CPI (Marxist))
51,897 (7.0 pts)
1996
R B Rai
CPI (Marxist)
357,291
45.9%
K B Chettri (Indian National Congress)
77,124 (9.9 pts)
1998
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
280,589
44.8%
Prasanta Nandy (Indian National Congress)
122,556 (19.6 pts)
1999
S.P. Lepcha
CPI (Marxist)
256,826
44.2%
Nar Bahadur Khatiwara (Indian National Congress)
111,969 (19.3 pts)
2004
Dawa Narbula
Indian National Congress
396,973
44.7%
Moni Thapa (CPI (Marxist))
101,416 (11.4 pts)
2009
Jaswant Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
497,649
51.5%
Jibesh Sarkar (CPI (Marxist))
253,289 (26.2 pts)
2014
S.S.Ahluwalia
Bharatiya Janata Party
488,257
42.8%
Bhai Chung Bhutia (All India Trinamool Congress)
197,239 (17.3 pts)
2019
Raju Bista
Bharatiya Janata Party
750,067
59.7%
Amar Singh Rai (All India Trinamool Congress)
413,443 (32.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
T. Manaen
Indian National Congress
60,460
43.3%
Ratanlall Brahmin
Communist Party of India
49,785
35.6%
Jatindra N. Mitra
Independent
29,484
21.1%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
T. Manaen
Indian National Congress
66,129
35.0%
Ratan Lal Brahman
Communist Party of India
57,702
30.6%
Chandra Kanta Tamang
GL
46,127
24.4%
Biraja Mohan Bhattacharjee
Jharkhand Party
11,730
6.2%
Ramnath Dubey
Independent
7,070
3.7%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M. Basu
Independent
97,476
39.3%
T. Manaen
Indian National Congress
95,645
38.5%
R. K. Sinha
CPI (Marxist)
42,136
17.0%
B. M. Bhattacharjee
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
12,942
5.2%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ratanlall Brahman
CPI (Marxist)
84,408
33.2%
Gurung G. S.
IGL
72,131
28.4%
Maitreyee Basu
Independent
66,035
26.0%
Thakur Prasad
Independent
16,946
6.7%
Amal Kumar Bhattacharya
Praja Socialist Party
14,793
5.8%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Krishna Bahadur Chettri
Indian National Congress
109,520
41.8%
Ratanlal Brahman
CPI (Marxist)
91,040
34.8%
Madan Kumar Rai
Independent
32,835
12.5%
Amar Prakash Dimmal
IGL
12,509
4.8%
Dharma Shamsher Basnet
Independent
4,306
1.6%
Janaklal Agarwal
Independent
4,098
1.6%
Bhattacherjee Brijamohan
Independent
3,984
1.5%
Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj
Independent
1,925
0.7%
Thakur Prasad
Independent
1,109
0.4%
Ruth Karthak Lepchani
Independent
627
0.2%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
185,612
45.7%
K.B. Chettri
Congress (I)
167,451
41.3%
Chaudhary Abdul Karim
Congress (U)
20,153
5.0%
Paul Mantosh
Janata Party (Secular)
8,468
2.1%
Mohhammed Ekramul Haque
Janata Party
8,123
2.0%
Lakshmi Kanta Joshi
Independent
5,192
1.3%
Tapan Kumar Biswas
Independent
5,045
1.2%
Ranendra Nath Barma
Independent
3,960
1.0%
Sampad Kumar Roy
Independent
1,748
0.4%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ananda Prasad Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
228,679
42.0%
Dawa Narbula
Indian National Congress
227,290
41.7%
Siddhartha Sankar Ray
Independent
80,557
14.8%
Padam Bahadur Rai
Independent
5,010
0.9%
Sampad Roy
Independent
3,441
0.6%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Inderjeet
GNLF
435,070
56.5%
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
289,965
37.7%
Mohan Kumar Rai
Independent
18,843
2.4%
Krishna Bhakta Poudyal
Independent
9,668
1.3%
J. D. S. Rai
GOL(BG)
4,426
0.6%
Birendra Nath Barman
Independent
3,744
0.5%
Arun Prasad Sarkar
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,452
0.3%
P. P. Rai
Independent
2,009
0.3%
Durga Pradhan
Independent
1,534
0.2%
Kamini Mohan Roy
Independent
1,294
0.2%
Parbananda Barman
Independent
1,125
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Inder Jeet
Indian National Congress
354,645
48.1%
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
302,748
41.0%
Ankesh Acharjya
Bharatiya Janata Party
54,969
7.5%
Premjit Singha
Independent
8,270
1.1%
Krishna Bhakta Poudyal
Independent
7,864
1.1%
Altaf Hussain
Independent
3,385
0.5%
Arun Prasad Sarker
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,942
0.3%
Kamini Mohan Roy
Janata Party
1,746
0.2%
Saty Prasad
LKD
1,342
0.2%
Banshidhar Mital
Independent
864
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R B Rai
CPI (Marxist)
357,291
45.9%
K B Chettri
Indian National Congress
280,167
36.0%
Geeta Chatterjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
68,421
8.8%
Gazendra Gurung
Independent
29,499
3.8%
Krishna Bhakta Pourel
Independent
16,511
2.1%
Usmani Mustak
Independent
14,432
1.9%
Kamini Mohan Roy
Independent
7,474
1.0%
Purnendu Chatterjee
Independent
2,359
0.3%
Mohammad Zamil Ahamad
Indian Union Muslim League
2,095
0.3%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ananda Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
280,589
44.8%
Prasanta Nandy
Indian National Congress
158,033
25.2%
Dawa Nurbula
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
114,688
18.3%
R B Rai
Independent
51,681
8.2%
Paresh Ray
Independent
12,609
2.0%
Surjit Rasaily
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,727
0.6%
L B Pariyar
Independent
3,048
0.5%
Matiur Rahman
Independent
2,594
0.4%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S.P. Lepcha
CPI (Marxist)
256,826
44.2%
Nar Bahadur Khatiwara
Indian National Congress
144,857
25.0%
Tarun Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
127,603
22.0%
R.B.Rai
Independent
31,719
5.5%
Sunil Roy
Independent
11,797
2.0%
Krishna Bhakta Paurel
Independent
5,118
0.9%
Sampad Roy
Independent
2,551
0.4%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dawa Narbula
Indian National Congress
396,973
44.7%
Moni Thapa
CPI (Marxist)
295,557
33.3%
Dr. G. S. Yonzone
Bharatiya Janata Party
113,972
12.8%
Sanjay Thakuri
Independent
20,988
2.4%
Mohan Chhetri
Independent
14,857
1.7%
Raju Bhatta
Independent
11,112
1.3%
Bimal Dutta
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,758
1.2%
Kishalay Kanti Sharma
Independent
8,695
1.0%
Lalit Barman
Independent
8,690
1.0%
Tika Pradhan
Independent
6,481
0.7%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jaswant Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
497,649
51.5%
Jibesh Sarkar
CPI (Marxist)
244,360
25.3%
Dawa Narbula
Indian National Congress
187,809
19.4%
Ram Ganesh Baraik
Independent
13,236
1.4%
Haridas Thakur
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,083
0.5%
Nitu Jai
Independent
4,786
0.5%
Abhijit Majumdar
CPI (ML) Liberation
3,818
0.4%
Niranjan Saha
AMB
3,717
0.4%
Arun Kumar Agarwal
Independent
3,227
0.3%
Baidyanath Roy
IPFB
2,686
0.3%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S.S.Ahluwalia
Bharatiya Janata Party
488,257
42.8%
Bhai Chung Bhutia
All India Trinamool Congress
291,018
25.5%
Saman Pathak (Suraj)
CPI (Marxist)
167,186
14.6%
Sujay Ghatak
Indian National Congress
90,076
7.9%
Mahendra P. Lama
Independent
55,767
4.9%
None Of The Above
Independent
18,045
1.6%
Rabindra Roy Basunia
Independent
6,100
0.5%
Kakali Majumdar (Roy)
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,040
0.5%
Arun Kumar Agarwal
Independent
5,449
0.5%
Goutam Bhattacharya
SUCI(C)
3,993
0.3%
Sunil Pandit
RJP(RJP)
3,043
0.3%
Nima Lama
GRC
2,906
0.3%
Lalit Singha
BMP
2,100
0.2%
Niranjan Saha
AB
2,029
0.2%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raju Bista
Bharatiya Janata Party
750,067
59.7%
Amar Singh Rai
All India Trinamool Congress
336,624
26.8%
Sankar Malakar
Indian National Congress
65,186
5.2%
Saman Pathak
CPI (Marxist)
50,524
4.0%
Rajesh Singh
Independent
15,973
1.3%
Nirode Chandra Adhikary
Independent
10,719
0.9%
Harka Bahadur Chhetri
AIJAP
6,495
0.5%
Digbijay Mandal
Independent
4,117
0.3%
Reseeka Chettri
Independent
3,359
0.3%
Bharat Dong
GRC
2,952
0.2%
Sudip Mandal
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,259
0.2%
Ajay Dahal
Independent
2,199
0.2%
Christopher Gahatraj
IDRF
1,678
0.1%
Dipak Kumar Roy
KPP(U)
1,539
0.1%
Sunil Pandit
RJP(RJP)
1,505
0.1%
Tanmay Dutta
SUCI(C)
1,449
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Darjeeling has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, CPI (Marxist), GNLF, Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Darjeeling in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Raju Bista (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Darjeeling, West Bengal, in 2019 with 750,067 votes (59.7%), a margin of 413,443 votes over Amar Singh Rai.
Which parties have won Darjeeling since 1957?
Since 1957, Darjeeling has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), GNLF, Independent, Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Darjeeling?
The closest result on record for Darjeeling was 1984, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 1,389 votes (0.2 percentage points).