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505. Darjeeling

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-DARJEELING

BJP 51.5%won by 26.2%CPM 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 26.2%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 12.8% to 51.5% of the vote here (+38.7%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 79.5%.

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

Electorate
12,15,464
Turnout
79.5%
Valid votes
9,66,371
Margin
2,53,289
26.21%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1JASWANT SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,97,64951.5%
  2. 2JIBESH SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,44,36025.3%
  3. 3DAWA NARBULAIndian National Congress · INC1,87,80919.4%
  4. 4RAM GANESH BARAIKIndependent · IND13,2361.4%
  5. 5HARIDAS THAKURBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,0830.5%
  6. 6NITU JAIIndependent · IND4,7860.5%
  7. 7ABHIJIT MAJUMDARCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,8180.4%
  8. 8NIRANJAN SAHAAMB · AMB3,7170.4%
  9. 9ARUN KUMAR AGARWALIndependent · IND3,2270.3%
  10. 10BAIDYANATH ROYIPFB · IPFB2,6860.3%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–CPM swing
+46.7%
BJP share
12.8% → 51.5%
CPM share
33.3% → 25.3%
Turnout
71.1% → 79.5%
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