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Kurseong
Constituency No. 24 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Kurseong Assembly Constituency

Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDarjeeling
LS constituencyDarjeeling
Established1951
Total electors236,477
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Darjeeling Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kurseong train building

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 24 Kurseong Assembly constituency covers Kurseong municipality, Kurseong community development block, Mirik municipality, Mirik community development block, Rangli Rangliot community development block, Gorabari Margaret's Hope, Lower Sonada I, Lower Sonada II, Munda Kothi and Upper Sonada gram panchayats of Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri community development block, and (i) Sitong Forest (Village), (ii) Sivok Hill Forest (Village), and (iii) Sivok Forest (Village) in Champasari GP of Matigara community development block.[1]

Kurseong Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Kurseong-Siliguri Tenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
1951 Kurseong-Siliguri George Mahbert Independent
1951 Kurseong Shiva Kumar Rai Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1957 Kurseong Bhadra Bahadur Hamal Communist Party of India
1962 Kurseong Bhadra Bahadur Hamal Communist Party of India
1967 Kurseong Nanda Lal Gurung Independent/Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1969 Kurseong Nanda Lal Gurung Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1971 Kurseong Ananda Prasad Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972 Kurseong Nanda Lal Gurung Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1977 Kurseong Dawa Narbula Indian National Congress
1982 Kurseong Harka Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987 Kurseong Harka Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 Kurseong Nar Bahadur Chhetri Independent/Gorkha National Liberation Front
1996 Kurseong Shanta Chhetri Gorkha National Liberation Front
2001 Kurseong Shanta Chhetri Gorkha National Liberation Front
2006 Kurseong Shanta Chhetri Gorkha National Liberation Front
2011 Kurseong Rohit Sharma Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
2016 Kurseong Rohit Sharma Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
2021 Kurseong Bishnu Prasad Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Bishnu Prasad Sharma of BJP defeated his nearest rival Tshering Lama Dahal of GJM (Binay faction).

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rohit Sharma of GJM defeated his nearest rival Shanta Chhetri of TMC.

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rohit Sharma of GJM defeated his nearest rival Pemu Chhetri of GNLF.

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.