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Introduction 1 Assembly Constituency at a Glance | Features of Assembly as per 1-2 Delimitation Commission of India (2008) Location and Political Maps 2 Location Map | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency in District | Boundaries 3-9 of Assembly Constituency under Parliamentary Constituency | Town, Ward & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-15 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns, Ward and Villages 16-18 by Population Size | Sex Ratio (Total & 0-6 Years) | Religious Population | Social Population | Literacy Rate | Work Participation Electoral Features Important Dates of Last Elections Held | Electors by Gender | Service 5 Electors | Voters | Voters Turnout | Polling Stations & Average Number of 19-24 Electors per Polling Station | Electors by Age Group | Present Elected Representatives Historical Summary Election Results Vote Share of Major Parties | Winning Margin (Number & Percentage) | 6 Polarity of Parties | Summary Result of Assembly Segment of Parliamentary 25-47 Elections 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999 | Summary Result of Assembly Elections 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987, 1982, 1977, 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967, 1962, 1957 and 1952 Polling Station Level Election Results Name and Number of Polling Station 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 | 7 Polling Station-wise Electors, Voters & Voters Turnout 2019, 2016, 2014, 48-170 2011 and 2009 | Polling Station wise Elections Results 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Share of Assembly Constituency 8 Share of Assembly Constituency in State, District and Parliamentary 171 Constituency Socio-Economic Amenities Access to Administrative Units | Agricultural, Manufacturing and Industrial Commodities | Demographic Indicators | Education | Health & Manpower | 9 Drinking Water Supply | Sanitation | Entertainment and Recreations 173-187 Infrastructure | Power | Food Allocation Distribution and Marketing of Agriculture Commodities Infrastructure | Transport and Road Infrastructure | Communication | Banking and Financial Services | Land Use | Irrigation Source 10 Abbreviation & Sources 189-190 11 Disclaimer 192

West Bengal Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Location & Political Map

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Darjeeling Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Administrative Setup

List of Village Panchayat & Intermediate Panchayat (Block) Name

Intermediate Panchayat Village Name Village Panchayat Name Name

Achhalal Hatta(Rong Bong Basty) Rangbhang Gopaldhara Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Alubari Basty Darjeeling-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Alubari Tea Garden Darjeeling-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Arya Tea Garden Darjeeling-I Darjeeling Pulbazar

Banockburn Tea Garden Lebong Valley-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Barbatia Khasmahal Rishirhatbloom Field Darjeeling Pulbazar

Barnesbeg Tea Garden Rangit-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Bijanbari -Pulbazar Darjeeling Pulbazar

Bloomfield Tea Garden Rishirhatbloom Field Darjeeling Pulbazar

Chamu Tea Garden -I Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Dangia Darjeeling-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Darjiling (P) Darjeeling-I Darjeeling Pulbazar

Dhajea Khasmahal Pokhriabong-III Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Dhajea Tea Garden Pokhriabong-III Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Dooteria Forest Rangbul Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Dooteria Tea Garden Dhootria Kalej Valley Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Ghoom Pahar Forest Ghum Khasmahal Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Goke Goke-I Darjeeling Pulbazar

Gopal Dhara Tea Garden Rangbhang Gopaldhara Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Happy Valley Tea Garden Darjeeling-I Darjeeling Pulbazar

Hatta -II Darjeeling Pulbazar

Hill Upper Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Jhepi Jhepi Darjeeling Pulbazar

Jore Bunglow Rangbul Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Kacel Tea Garden Lingiamaraybong Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Kaijalia Kaijalia Darjeeling Pulbazar

Kalej Valley Tea Garden Dhootria Kalej Valley Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Kankibong Jhepi Darjeeling Pulbazar

Karmi Goke-II Darjeeling Pulbazar

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Darjeeling West Bengal Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Demographics

Number of Villages by Population Size - 2011

Less 10000 100- 200- 500- 1000- 2000- 5000- Total than and 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 Village 100 Above

2 2 2 10 22 36 5 0 79

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

Less than 10000- 20000- 50000- 100000 and Total 5000-9999 4999 19999 49999 99999 Above Town

2 4 0 0 0 0 6

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West Bengal Darjeeling Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 119689 119278 0 238967 1987 AE 61914 57848 - 119762

2016 AE 119350 118120 0 237470 1982 AE 52110 48919 - 101029

2014 PE 115485 112979 1 228465 1977 AE 47821 43439 - 91260

2011 AE 110125 107839 0 217964 1972 AE 34334 30571 - 64905

2009 PE - - - - 1971 AE 42821 20351 - 63172

2006 AE 88878 87620 - 176498 1969 AE 29463 27166 - 56629

2004 PE - - - - 1967 AE - - - 54078

2001 AE 88827 84943 - 173770 1962 AE - - - 53627

1999 PE - - - - 1957 AE - - - 39618

1996 AE 77827 74582 - 152409 1952 AE - - - 41060

1991 AE 75638 71538 - 147176

Note : AE : Assembly Election, PE : Assembly Segment of Parliamentary Election

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Darjeeling West Bengal Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Historical Summary Election Results

Summary Result of Assembly Election - 2011

Candidate Name Party Votes Votes %

Trilok Kumar Dewan GOJAM 120532 78.51

Bim Subba GNLF 13977 9.1

Bharati Tamang ABGL 11198 7.29

K.B. Wattar CPM 5353 3.49

Nahakul Chandra Chhetri INC 2463 1.6

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West Bengal Darjeeling Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Polling Station Level Election Results

Number and Name of Polling Stations (PS) (2016)

Number Number of Polling Name of Polling Stations of Polling Name of Polling Stations Stations Stations

1 Sirikhola Primary School 22 Jhepi Primary School

2 Daragaon Junior High School 23 Upper Samsu Primary School

3 Rammam Forest Primary Scho 24 Lamagaon Primary School

4 Rajavir Primary School 25 Msk, Lamagaon

5 Junior Basic School (Ro 26 Lower Relling Primary School

6 Rimbick Junior Basic School (Ro 27 Relling Junior High School (Roo

7 Girmi Primary School 28 Relling Junior High School (Roo

8 Rimbick Higher Secondary Sch 29 Gurung Gaon Primary School

9 Namla Primary School 30 Nehru Primary School

10 Lingsebong Primary School 31 Kaijalia Junior Basic School (Ro

11 Bhanu Junior High School 32 Kaijalia Junior Basic School (Ro

12 Lodhoma Primary School 33 Co-Operative Godown, Sirisay

13 Phedikhola Primary School 34 Lower Lingten Primary School

14 Gairigaon Primary School 35 Singbongdera Primary School

15 Dhotray Community Hall 36 Gairigaon Primary School

16 Barahatta Primary School (Roo 37 Mazuwa Pryimary School

17 Barahatta Primary School (Roo 38 Langurdang Primary School

18 Kankiabong Primary School 39 Dangia Primary School

19 Himalayan Primary School 40 Vidhya Sagar Primary School, U

20 Ganjamoti Primary School 41 Vidhya Sagar Primary School, U

21 Bhanu Primary School 42 Vidhya Sagar Higher Secondary

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Darjeeling West Bengal Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Polling Station Level Election Results

Polling Station-wise Votes Secured by Overall Top Five Parties in Darjeeling Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal (2016)

Winner - 4th - Runner-up 3rd - Number Amar Ashok Total - Sarda Rai Govind 5th - of Polling Singh Kumar NOTA Other Votes Subba Chettri () Station Rai Lepcha Secured (AITC) (IND) (GOJAM) (GRAC) 36 249 259 29 8 14 559 37 315 331 49 15 21 731 38 305 189 31 8 26 559 39 199 149 6 4 7 365 40 294 214 19 12 17 556 41 191 129 11 5 13 349 42 359 229 19 9 14 630 43 292 176 22 13 24 527 44 416 288 27 14 11 756 45 330 178 12 20 15 555 46 238 70 20 8 9 345 47 176 215 10 3 14 418 48 283 225 17 12 16 553 49 288 176 23 13 22 522 50 137 66 15 10 10 238 51 298 246 38 20 29 631 52 318 126 18 16 16 494 53 307 205 33 18 25 588 54 205 252 15 14 12 498 55 109 316 23 16 12 476 56 391 225 41 18 24 699 57 328 286 43 23 14 694 58 223 138 15 15 11 402 59 408 95 50 16 27 596 60 449 161 23 11 19 663 61 338 188 37 13 16 592 62 388 78 87 7 11 571 63 513 165 58 19 24 779 64 399 73 28 11 12 523 65 323 183 87 18 33 644 66 172 31 46 11 7 267 67 187 135 43 6 18 389 68 285 148 41 7 14 495 69 279 128 14 12 17 450 70 513 238 22 13 10 796 Contd....

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West Bengal Darjeeling Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Darjeeling Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal (2016)

Winning Third Polling Winner Runner- Other Winner Runner- Margin Third Party Station Votes up Votes Votes Party up Party Votes Party Votes Number (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) 75 GOJAM 231 (48.13) AITC 216 (45) 15 (3.13) IND (GC) 15 (3.13) 18 (3.75) 76 GOJAM 505 (68.43) AITC 132 (17.89) 373 (50.54) IND (GC) 36 (4.88) 65 (8.81) 77 GOJAM 476 (63.13) AITC 195 (25.86) 281 (37.27) IND (GC) 41 (5.44) 42 (5.57) 78 GOJAM 210 (72.66) AITC 46 (15.92) 164 (56.74) IND (GC) 15 (5.19) 18 (6.23) 79 GOJAM 236 (77.63) AITC 43 (14.14) 193 (63.49) IND (GC) 10 (3.29) 15 (4.93) 80 GOJAM 387 (56.58) AITC 166 (24.27) 221 (32.31) IND (GC) 76 (11.11) 55 (8.04) 81 GOJAM 278 (86.34) AITC 23 (7.14) 255 (79.2) IND (GC) 6 (1.86) 15 (4.66) 82 GOJAM 629 (73.14) AITC 140 (16.28) 489 (56.86) IND (GC) 63 (7.33) 28 (3.26) 83 GOJAM 478 (75.75) AITC 76 (12.04) 402 (63.71) IND (GC) 52 (8.24) 25 (3.96) 84 GOJAM 466 (80.07) AITC 65 (11.17) 401 (68.9) IND (GC) 41 (7.04) 10 (1.72) 85 GOJAM 279 (87.19) AITC 29 (9.06) 250 (78.13) IND (GC) 5 (1.56) 7 (2.19) 86 GOJAM 300 (57.03) AITC 118 (22.43) 182 (34.6) IND (GC) 83 (15.78) 25 (4.75) 87 GOJAM 231 (47.63) IND (GC) 113 (23.3) 118 (24.33) AITC 102 (21.03) 39 (8.04) 88 GOJAM 197 (49.87) AITC 102 (25.82) 95 (24.05) IND (GC) 71 (17.97) 25 (6.33) 89 GOJAM 125 (45.62) AITC 101 (36.86) 24 (8.76) IND (GC) 22 (8.03) 26 (9.49) 90 GOJAM 381 (61.16) AITC 183 (29.37) 198 (31.79) IND (GC) 26 (4.17) 33 (5.3) 91 GOJAM 399 (71.25) AITC 120 (21.43) 279 (49.82) GRAC 15 (2.68) 26 (4.64) 92 GOJAM 460 (87.79) AITC 24 (4.58) 436 (83.21) IND (GC) 18 (3.44) 22 (4.2) 93 GOJAM 334 (82.67) AITC 50 (12.38) 284 (70.29) IND (GC) 10 (2.48) 10 (2.48) 94 GOJAM 554 (83.81) AITC 67 (10.14) 487 (73.67) IND (GC) 22 (3.33) 18 (2.72) 95 GOJAM 294 (89.63) IND (GC) 14 (4.27) 280 (85.36) AITC 13 (3.96) 7 (2.13) 96 GOJAM 502 (79.56) AITC 59 (9.35) 443 (70.21) IND (GC) 41 (6.5) 29 (4.6) 97 GOJAM 746 (82.43) AITC 74 (8.18) 672 (74.25) IND (GC) 52 (5.75) 33 (3.65) 98 GOJAM 421 (83.53) AITC 53 (10.52) 368 (73.01) IND (GC) 11 (2.18) 19 (3.77) 99 GOJAM 292 (78.71) AITC 59 (15.9) 233 (62.81) IND (GC) 14 (3.77) 6 (1.62) 100 GOJAM 466 (83.81) AITC 61 (10.97) 405 (72.84) IND (GC) 16 (2.88) 13 (2.34) 101 GOJAM 426 (85.54) AITC 54 (10.84) 372 (74.7) IND (GC) 6 (1.2) 12 (2.41) 102 GOJAM 289 (84.75) AITC 27 (7.92) 262 (76.83) IND (GC) 13 (3.81) 12 (3.52) 103 GOJAM 352 (77.88) AITC 68 (15.04) 284 (62.84) IND (GC) 11 (2.43) 21 (4.65) 104 GOJAM 382 (74.46) AITC 82 (15.98) 300 (58.48) IND (GC) 24 (4.68) 25 (4.87) 105 GOJAM 478 (93.54) AITC 15 (2.94) 463 (90.6) IND (GC) 15 (2.94) 3 (0.59) 106 GOJAM 310 (85.64) AITC 23 (6.35) 287 (79.29) IND (GC) 17 (4.7) 12 (3.31) 107 GOJAM 600 (81.3) AITC 61 (8.27) 539 (73.03) IND (GC) 43 (5.83) 34 (4.61) 108 GOJAM 429 (77.16) AITC 75 (13.49) 354 (63.67) IND (GC) 23 (4.14) 29 (5.22) 109 GOJAM 373 (76.59) AITC 54 (11.09) 319 (65.5) IND (GC) 27 (5.54) 33 (6.78) 110 GOJAM 167 (57) AITC 93 (31.74) 74 (25.26) IND (GC) 21 (7.17) 12 (4.1) 111 GOJAM 253 (55) AITC 139 (30.22) 114 (24.78) IND (GC) 42 (9.13) 26 (5.65) Contd....

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West Bengal Darjeeling Assembly Factbook™ Assembly Constituency

Socio-Economic Amenities - Rural

Access to Education Facilities

Number of Villages (% of Population)

If Not Available Particulars Available Not Available (Distance of Nearest Facility)

A B C

Govt. Primary School 77 (100) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 24 (40) 55 (60) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 40 (62) 39 (38) 22 (19) 6 (7) 0 (0)

Private Middle School 18 (29) 61 (71) 2 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 19 (35) 60 (65) 27 (23) 19 (25) 5 (7)

Private Secondary School 7 (13) 72 (87) 3 (3) 1 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 7 (15) 72 (85) 24 (19) 24 (33) 18 (25)

Private Senior Secondary School 1 (3) 78 (97) 1 (2) 2 (1) 0 (0)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 2 (4) 77 (96) 10 (10) 17 (25) 40 (50)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 1 (0) 78 (100) 1 (2) 2 (3) 5 (7)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 71 (89)

Private Engineering College 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (11)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 79 (100)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 79 (100) 2 (2) 6 (14) 29 (34)

Private Management Institute 1 (2) 78 (98) 5 (5) 4 (4) 32 (40)

Govt. Polytechnic 1 (3) 78 (97) 1 (0) 2 (4) 73 (89)

Private Polytechnic 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 1 (3) 1 (1)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 1 (3) 78 (97) 0 (0) 2 (3) 65 (81)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 79 (100) 3 (2) 2 (1) 1 (1)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 5 (6) 74 (94) 11 (10) 13 (25) 33 (39)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (19)

Govt. School For Disabled 1 (1) 78 (99) 1 (2) 7 (8) 50 (65)

Private School For Disabled 0 (0) 79 (100) 5 (4) 6 (8) 9 (13)

Government Others 8 (8) 71 (92) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Others 0 (0) 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Note : Distance A : Less than 5 km; B : Between 5-10 km; C : 10+ km.; Source : Data Analysis is based on 2011 Census.

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