Kalimpong Assembly constituency

Kalimpong
Kalimpong
Constituency No. 22 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kalimpong
LS constituency	Darjeeling
Established	1951
Total electors	211,896
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ruden Sada Lepcha
Party	Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha
Elected year	2021

Last updated December 02, 2024

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.
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	Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1972	Gajendra Gurung	Indian National Congress
1977	Renu Leena Subba	Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1982	Renu Leena Subba	Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
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	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
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	%
	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha	Ruden Sada Lepcha	58,206	37.59
	BJP	Suva Pradhan	54,336	35.09
	NPP	Penjo Gompu Bhutia	1,805	1.17
	Independent	Songden Lepcha	1,720	1.11
	INC	Dilip Pradhan	1,715	1.11
	Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League	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 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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