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Communist Party Of India (Marxist) on Darjeeling

State 19 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 5 OF 12 contested

CPIM runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
41.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures
Best vote share44.30%in 1980
Worst vote share4.00%in 2019
Average vote share33.42% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2019
Votes polled here27.5 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Communist Party Of India (Marxist) vote share in Darjeeling, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 50 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Communist Party Of India (Marxist) vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 2024 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2019 Saman Pathak 50,524 4.00% 4 Lost · 4th
2014 Saman Pathak (SURAJ) 1,67,186 14.60% 3 Lost · 3rd
2009 Jibesh Sarkar 2,44,360 25.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Moni Thapa 2,95,557 33.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1999 S.P. Lepcha 2,56,826 43.50% 1 Won
1998 Ananda Pathak 2,80,589 43.80% 1 Won
1996 R B Rai 3,57,291 42.40% 1 Won
1991 Ananda Pathak 3,02,748 38.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Ananda Pathak 2,89,965 36.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Ananda Prasad Pathak 2,28,679 40.70% 1 Won
1980 Ananda Pathak 1,85,612 44.30% 1 Won
1977 Ratanlal Brahman 91,040 33.50% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressBharatiya Janta PartyGorkha National Liberation FrontAll India Trinamool CongressIndian National Congress (I)IndependentIndian National Congress (U)West Bengal Trinamool CongressAll India Gorkha LeagueJanta Party (SECULAR)Bahujan Samaj PartyAkhil Bhartiya Gorkha League (BUDHIMAN GURUNG)Janta PartyAll India Jana Andolan PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh PartyAmara BengaliAmbedkarite Party Of IndiaJan ParishadSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Lok DalMuslim LeageGorkha Rashtriya CongressRashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.)Indian People's Forward BlockNorth Bengal People’s PartyKamatapur People’s Party (United)Bahujan Mukti PartyAmra BangaleeIndian Democratic Republican Front

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Darjeeling
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 02:20 UTC

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