Constituency
23. Darjeeling
Community mirrorWest Bengal · West Bengal Assembly Election, 2026
WB-DARJEELING
BJP 35.7%won by 3.5%BGPM 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.6% to 3.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBGPM (BGPM) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 2021.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,73,807
Margin
6,057
3.48%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1NOMAN RAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP62,07635.7%
- 2BIJOY KUMAR RAIBGPM · BGPM56,01932.2%
- 3AJOY LUCAS EDWARDSIndependent · IND48,63528.0%
- 4NOTANOTA · NOTA2,0401.2%
- 5JATIN GHALAYIndependent · IND1,9371.1%
- 6MADHAP RAIIndian National Congress · INC1,7291.0%
- 7MILAN THOKARRAJSP · RAJSP1,3710.8%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–BGPM swing
- −37.4%
- BJP share
- 40.9% → 35.7%
- BGPM share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 68.1% → —