2024
Rank 1 (archive winner): RAJU BISTA — 679,331 votes
Rank 2: GOPAL LAMA — 500,806 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 178,525
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
Compare constituency results over time
Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
DARJEELING — year-by-year comparison
WEST BENGAL · Lok Sabha · 9 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2019
Rank 1 (archive winner): RAJU BISTA — 750,067 votes
Rank 2: AMAR SINGH RAI — 336,624 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 413,443
2014
Rank 1 (archive winner): S.S.AHLUWALIA — 488,257 votes
Rank 2: BHAI CHUNG BHUTIA — 291,018 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 197,239
2009
Rank 1 (archive winner): JASWANT SINGH — 497,649 votes
Rank 2: JIBESH SARKAR — 244,360 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 253,289
2004
Rank 1 (archive winner): DAWA NARBULA — 396,973 votes
Rank 2: MONI THAPA — 295,557 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 101,416
1999
Rank 1 (archive winner): S.P. LEPCHA — 256,826 votes
Rank 2: NAR BAHADUR KHATIWARA — 144,857 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 111,969
1998
Rank 1 (archive winner): ANANDA PATHAK — 280,589 votes
Rank 2: PRASANTA NANDY — 158,033 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 122,556
1996
Rank 1 (archive winner): R B RAI — 357,291 votes
Rank 2: K B CHETTRI — 280,167 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 77,124
1991
Rank 1 (archive winner): INDER JEET — 354,645 votes
Rank 2: ANANDA PATHAK — 302,748 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 51,897
Bars compare the second candidate’s votes relative to the first candidate within the same election year; they are not percentage vote share. Seat boundaries and voter turnout can change over time. Sources and limitations.