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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Darjeeling

Assembly constituency 23 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#23 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors1,73,770
Votes polled1,05,285
Turnout60.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerD.K. PradhanGorkha National Liberation Front66,83963.5% of votes
MARGIN45,263 votes · 43.0 pp66,839 − 21,576
Runner-upSawan Rai Independent21,57620.5% of votes
GNLF 75.6% of top-two votesIND 24.4%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 D.K. PradhanGNLF66,839 63.5%
  2. 02 Sawan RaiIND21,576 20.5%
  3. 03 K.B.WatterCPI(M)9,694 9.2%
  4. 04 Parvati PradhanINC4,445 4.2%
  5. 05 Kishore Chandra RaiBJP2,723 2.6%

Turnout 60.6%

025507510060.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.3%
Male 88,82751.1% Female 84,94348.9%

Share of 1,73,770 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males956
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,05,277Residual 8

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    3.5 pp
    Noman RaiBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    12.8 pp
    Neeraj Tamang ZimbaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2019
    32.6 pp
    Neeraj Tamang ZimbaBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2016
    32.5 pp
    Amar Singh RaiGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  5. 2011
    69.4 pp
    Trilok Kumar DewanGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  6. 2006
    19.9 pp
    Pranay RaiGorkha National Liberation Front
  7. 2001
    43.0 pp
    D.K. PradhanGorkha National Liberation Front
  8. 1996
    23.8 pp
    Nar Bahadur ChettriGorkha National Liberation Front
  9. 1991
    11.9 pp
    Narendra KumaiIndependent
  10. 1987
    80.7 pp
    Dawa LamaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1982
    0.5 pp
    Dawa LamaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1981
    17.2 pp
    T.D.LamaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1977
    10.2 pp
    Deo Prakash RaiIndependent
  14. 1972
    35.5 pp
    Arun Kumar MoitraIndian National Congress
  15. 1971
    20.7 pp
    Arun Kumar MoitraIndian National Congress
  16. 1969
    18.4 pp
    Prem ThapaAll India Gorkha League
  17. 1967
    6.6 pp
    A.K.MoitraIndian National Congress
  18. 1962
    7.1 pp
    Mohammad Hayat AliPragati Sheel Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 80.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 84.0% of votes; the other 3 candidates 16.0% between them.

    (66,839 + 21,576) ÷ 1,05,285 = 84.0% · 16,862 ÷ 1,05,285 = 16.0%

  2. Turnout of 60.6% was 16.7 pp below the state's median seat (77.3%).

    60.6 − 77.3 = −16.7

  3. The margin widened from 23.8 pp in 1996 to 43.0 pp.

    43.0 − 23.8 = +19.2 pp

  4. GNLF held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 GNLF · 2001 GNLF

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,05,277
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,05,285
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 8

Candidate votes miss the published total by 8, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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