Kalimpong
Part of the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat.
Bharat Kumar Chetri (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Kalimpong in 2026, 21,464 votes ahead of Ruden Sada Lepcha.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
84,290 votes · 49.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RLBharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha
62,826 votes · 36.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BLIndependent
14,231 votes · 8.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSAkhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1,961 votes · 1.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SPIndian National Congress
1,809 votes · 1.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ALIndependent
1,389 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RTCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
911 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
22 · Kalimpong
General2,03,506 registered voters · 7 candidates · 21,464 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Bharat Kumar Chetri
BJP · Male · 84,290 votes (49.74%) · 21,464 ahead of Ruden Sada Lepcha
- 83.64%
- Turnout
- 1,70,216
- Votes cast
- 1,67,417
- Valid votes
- 2,060
- None of the above
- 1,00,820
- Women electors
84,543 men and 82,886 women voted in person, plus 2,787 postal ballots. 739 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 1,887.
- BJP84,2901,136 postal49.74%
- BGPMBattery Torch62,826606 postal37.07%
- INDBread14,231163 postal8.40%
- None of the aboveNOTA2,0601.22%
- ABGLPen nib with seven rays1,96113 postal1.16%
INC1,80953 postal1.07%- Aldrin LepchaMaleINDWhistle1,38939 postal0.82%
- Rita ThapaFemale
CPI(M)91124 postal0.54%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is each count's share of all the votes in this list, including None of the above.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.