| Type: | LS |
| Darjeeling | |
| Established: | 1957-present |
| Reservation: | None |
| Incumbent Image: | Raju bista.png |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Mp: | Raju Bista |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Assembly Cons: | Kalimpong Darjeeling Kurseong Matigara-Naxalbari Siliguri Phansidewa Chopra |
| Electors: | 1,437,126 |
Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on 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.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009:[1]
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year[3] | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | |
| 1957 | 769,330 | 41.67 | Theodore Manaen | 43.27 | Indian National Congress | Ratan Lal Brahman | 35.63 | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | 197,796 | 46.97 | Theodore Manaen | 35.03 | Indian National Congress | Ratan Lal Brahman | 30.57 | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | 258,528 | 58.39 | M. Basu | 39.27 | Independent | Theodore Manaen | 38.54 | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | 268.931 | 53.54 | Ratan Lal Brahman | 33.19 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | G.S. Gurung | 28.36 | IGL |
| 1977 | 2,72,140 | 43.35 | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | 41.81 | INC(I) | Ratan Lal Brahman | 34.75 | CPI(M) |
| 1980 | 419.40 | 56.66 | Ananda Pathak | 45.75 | CPI(M) | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | 41.27 | INC(I) |
| 1984 | 5,61,740 | 68.13 | Ananda Pathak | 41.96 | CPI(M) | Dawa Narbula | 41.71 | INC |
| 1989 | 7,88,360 | 74.26 | Inderjeet | 56.49 | GNLF | Ananda Pathak | 37.65 | CPI(M) |
| 1991 | 7,62,890 | 69.59 | Inderjeet | 48.07 | INC | Ananda Pathak | 41.04 | CPI (M) |
| 1996 | 8,43,300 | 69.52 | R.B. Rai | 45.91 | CPI(M) | Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | 36.00 | INC |
| 1998 | 6,41,280 | 51.78 | Ananda Pathak | 44.75 | CPI(M) | Prasanta Nandy | 25.21 | INC |
| 1999 | 5,90,020 | 46.21 | S.P. Lepcha | 44.24 | CPI (M) | Nar Bahadur Khatiwara | 24.96 | INC |
| 2004 | 8,88,320 | 71.11 | Dawa Narbula | 44.70 | INC | Moni Thapa | 33.28 | CPI(M) |
| 2009 | 9,66,371 | 79.51 | Jaswant Singh | 51.50 | BJP | Jibesh Sarkar | 25.29 | CPI(M) |
| 2014 | 11,42,009 | 80.20 | S.S. Ahluwalia | 42.75 | BJP | Bhaichung Bhutia | 25.48 | TMC |
| 2019 | 12,67,270 | 78.71 | Raju Bista | 59.19 | BJP | Amar Singh Rai | 26.56 | TMC |