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22. Kalimpong

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West Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2021

WB-KALIMPONG

IND 37.6%won by 2.5%BJP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: GOJAM (GOJAM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 2.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 40.8% to 37.6% of the vote here (−3.2%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 2016.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 89.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,13,398
Turnout
72.6%
Valid votes
1,54,863
Margin
3,870
2.50%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1RUDEN SADA LEPCHAIndependent · IND58,20637.6%
  2. 2SUVA PRADHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,33635.1%
  3. 3DR. R.B. BHUJELIndependent · IND31,85620.6%
  4. 4None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA2,1601.4%
  5. 5PENJO GOMPU BHUTIANational People's Party · NPP1,8051.2%
  6. 6SONGDEN LEPCHAIndependent · IND1,7201.1%
  7. 7DILIP PRADHANIndian National Congress · INC1,7151.1%
  8. 8UJJWAL RAIIndependent · IND1,5621.0%
  9. 9BHUPENDRA LEPCHAIndependent · IND1,5031.0%

Since 2016

Derived
Winner then
GOJAM
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–BJP swing
−38.3%
IND share
40.8% → 37.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 35.1%
Turnout
71.2% → 72.6%
21. Nagrakata23. Darjeeling
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