Kalimpong Assembly constituency is an
assembly
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constituency in
Kalimpong district
Kalimpong district is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. Originally known as Dalingkot tehsil, the region was alternatively under the control of Sikkim and Bhutan. In 1865, it was annexed from Bhutan by British India under the Treaty ...
in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission, No. 22 Kalimpong Assembly constituency covers
Kalimpong
Kalimpong (Hindi: कलिम्पोंग) is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The re ...
municipality,
Kalimpong I
Kalimpong I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Kalimpong subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Kalimpong is located at .
The snow-clad mountain ...
community development block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
,
Kalimpong II community development block, and
Gorubathan
Gorubathan is a village in the Gorubathan CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Gorubathan was once ruled by Lepcha kings who built ''Dalim Fort'' on top of a hill ...
community development block.
Kalimpong Assembly constituency is part of No. 4
Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)
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 distr ...
.
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021 Election
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ruden Sada Lepcha of GJM (Binay faction) defeated his nearest rival Suva Pradhan of BJP.
2016 Election
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
A Legislative Assembly election was held in 2016 for the 294 seats (out of 295 seats) of the '' Vidhan Sabha'' (Vidhān Sabhā) in the state of West Bengal in India. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and th ...
, Sarita Rai of GJM defeated her nearest rival Harka Bahadur Chhetri of JAP.
2011 Election
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 ...
, Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJM defeated his nearest rival Prakash Dahal of GNLF.
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Kalimpong district