West Bengal · PC 4

Darjeeling

Name: Darjeeling
Address: West Bengal, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1998

← Lok Sabha General Election 1998 · West Bengal

1,238,587

Electors

626,969

Votes polled

50.62%

Turnout

122,556

Margin

Winner

Ananda Pathak

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Ananda Pathak Won Male	CPM	280,589	44.75%
2	Prasanta Nandy Male	INC	158,033	25.21%
3	Dawa Nurbula Male	WBTC	114,688	18.29%
4	R B Rai Male	IND	51,681	8.24%
5	Paresh Ray Male	IND	12,609	2.01%
6	Surjit Rasaily Male	BSP	3,727	0.59%
7	L B Pariyar Male	IND	3,048	0.49%
8	Matiur Rahman Male	IND	2,594	0.41%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Raju Bista Male BJP	51.04%	Gopal Lama Male AITC	37.63%
2019	Raju Bista Male BJP	59.08%	Amar Singh Rai Male AITC	26.51%
2014	S.S.Ahluwalia Male BJP	42.73%	Bhai Chung Bhutia Male AITC	25.47%
2009	Jaswant Singh BJP	51.50%	Jibesh Sarkar CPM	25.29%
2004	Dawa Narbula INC	44.70%	Moni Thapa Female CPM	33.28%
1999	S.P. Lepcha Male CPM	44.24%	Nar Bahadur Khatiwara Male INC	24.96%
1998	Ananda Pathak Male CPM	44.75%	Prasanta Nandy Male INC	25.21%
1996	R B Rai Male CPM	45.91%	K B Chettri Male INC	36.00%
1991	Inder Jeet Male INC	48.07%	Ananda Pathak Male CPM	41.04%
1989	Inderjeet Male GNLF	56.49%	Ananda Pathak Male CPM	37.65%
1984	Ananda Prasad Pathak Male CPM	41.96%	Dawa Narbula INC	41.71%
1980	Ananda Pathak Male CPM	45.75%	K.B. Chettri Male INC(I)	41.27%
1977	Krishna Bahadur Chettri Male INC	41.81%	Ratanlal Brahman Male CPM	34.75%
1971	Ratanlall Brahman Male CPM	33.19%	Gurung G. S. Male IGL	28.36%
1967	M. Basu Female IND	39.27%	T. Manaen INC	38.54%
1962	T. Manaen INC	35.03%	Ratan Lal Brahman Male CPI	30.57%
1957	T. Manaen INC	43.27%	Ratanlall Brahmin CPI	35.63%