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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 23 · 2019 by-elections
Darjeeling
Winner — 2019 by-elections
NEERAJ TAMANG ZIMBA
BJP 62.5%IND 29.5%7 others 8.1%
Votes
88,161
62.5% share
Winning margin
46,538
33.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Darjeeling is a safe seat — NEERAJ TAMANG ZIMBA won by 33.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEERAJ TAMANG ZIMBA | 88,161 | 62.5% | |
| 2 | BINOY TAMANG | IND | 41,623 | 29.5% |
| 3 | AMAR LAMA | All India Jana Andolan Party | 3,242 | 2.3% |
| 4 | K. B. WATTAR (RAI) | 2,087 | 1.5% | |
| 5 | SWARAJ THAPA | IND | 1,768 | 1.3% |
| 6 | SARDA RAI SUBBA | IND | 1,270 | 0.9% |
| 7 | SANJAY THAKURI | Indian Democratic Republican Front | 1,183 | 0.8% |
| 8 | AMAR LOKSOM | grac | 1,166 | 0.8% |
| 9 | BIPLOV RAI | ABGL | 668 | 0.5% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (294th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe33.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.5% · min 0.5% · max 83.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
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294th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.22
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15th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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36th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
11 seats · 6 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 62.5%IND 29.5%OTH 8.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%
What's nearby?
13 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.