Lok Sabha Election 2009
Jaswant Singh, the BJP candidate, supported by the GJM, won the Darjeeling constituency Lok Sabha election 2009 defeating his nearest rival Jibesh Sarkar of the CPI(M) by a margin of over 2.5 lakh votes. The GJM had supported the BJP in lieu of the latter's positive outlook towards the formation of Gorkhaland as mentioned in their party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
BJP (Jaswant Singh) 4,96,935 votes CPI(M) (Jibesh Sarkar) 2,43,766 votes Congress (Dawa Narbula) 1,87,555 votes
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