Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal

Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is centered around Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong district and one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district.

Assembly segments

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Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

Per the Delimitation Commission's delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is made up of the following segments from 2009:[1]

Constituency number Name District Party MLA
22 Kalimpong Kalimpong GJM Ruden Sada Lepcha
23 Darjeeling Darjeeling BJP Neeraj Zimba
24 Kurseong Darjeeling BJP Bishnu Prasad Sharma
25 Matigara-Naxalbari Darjeeling BJP Anandamoy Barman
26 Siliguri Darjeeling BJP Shankar Ghosh
27 Phansidewa Darjeeling

BJP

Durga Murmu
28 Chopra Uttar Dinajpur AITC Hamidul Rahman

References

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  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.


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