ambika pradhan/manas r banerjee
DARJEELING/ SILIGURI, 13 MAY: As the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has swept the Assembly elections in the Darjeeling Hills winning all the three constituencies, CPI-M strongman and minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya had to face defeat.
The party candidate from the Darjeeling constituency, Mr Trilok Dewan defeated his nearest GNLF rival, Mr Bhim Subba by a margin of 1,06,555 votes. Mrs Bharati Tamang, the AIGL candidate and the widow of the slain party president, Madan Tamang, was relegated to the third position.
In the Kalimpong constituency, the GJMM contestant and the party media secretary, Dr Harka Bahadur Chhetri defeated his nearest GNLF candidate, Mr Prakash Dahal by a margin of 1,01,675 votes. The AIGL candidate was again relegated to the third position. In Kurseong GJMM's Dr Rohit Sharma defeated his nearest GNLF candidate, Mrs Prema Chhetri by a margin of over 93,000 votes.
The GJMM polled over 3,00,000 votes in the three seats while its bete noir, the GNLF lagged far behind having polled a little over 42,000 votes.
Meanwhile, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, the CPI-M strongman in north Bengal, was defeated by the Trinamul Congress candidate, Dr Rudranath Bhattacharya by a margin of 5,006 votes.
The Trinamul-Congress combine successfully bagged all the three seats in the Siliguri sub-division.
The CPI-M candidates, Mr Chhotan Kisku and Mr Jharen Roy were also defeated, with the later losing the Matigara-Naxalbari constituency to the the Congress candidate, Mr Shankar Malakar. Another Congress candidate, Mr Sunil Tirkey defeated Mr Chhotan Kisku in Phansidewa Assembly seat, by 2,237 votes. With the defeat of the two CPI-M candidates and one CPI candidate in the Hills the LF has been wiped out from the Darjeeling district.
DARJEELING/ SILIGURI, 13 MAY: As the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has swept the Assembly elections in the Darjeeling Hills winning all the three constituencies, CPI-M strongman and minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya had to face defeat.
The party candidate from the Darjeeling constituency, Mr Trilok Dewan defeated his nearest GNLF rival, Mr Bhim Subba by a margin of 1,06,555 votes. Mrs Bharati Tamang, the AIGL candidate and the widow of the slain party president, Madan Tamang, was relegated to the third position.
In the Kalimpong constituency, the GJMM contestant and the party media secretary, Dr Harka Bahadur Chhetri defeated his nearest GNLF candidate, Mr Prakash Dahal by a margin of 1,01,675 votes. The AIGL candidate was again relegated to the third position. In Kurseong GJMM's Dr Rohit Sharma defeated his nearest GNLF candidate, Mrs Prema Chhetri by a margin of over 93,000 votes.
The GJMM polled over 3,00,000 votes in the three seats while its bete noir, the GNLF lagged far behind having polled a little over 42,000 votes.
Meanwhile, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, the CPI-M strongman in north Bengal, was defeated by the Trinamul Congress candidate, Dr Rudranath Bhattacharya by a margin of 5,006 votes.
The Trinamul-Congress combine successfully bagged all the three seats in the Siliguri sub-division.
The CPI-M candidates, Mr Chhotan Kisku and Mr Jharen Roy were also defeated, with the later losing the Matigara-Naxalbari constituency to the the Congress candidate, Mr Shankar Malakar. Another Congress candidate, Mr Sunil Tirkey defeated Mr Chhotan Kisku in Phansidewa Assembly seat, by 2,237 votes. With the defeat of the two CPI-M candidates and one CPI candidate in the Hills the LF has been wiped out from the Darjeeling district.
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