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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Bhaichung loses to BJP-GJM combine in Darjeeling

Darjeeling, 16 May: BJP national vice president Surinder Singh Ahluwalia Friday won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in northern West Bengal, humbling former Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia of the Trinamool Congress by 1,96,795 votes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, who had the backing of the dominant party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), secured 4,87,564 votes, while Bhaichung had to be satisfied with 2,90,769.

Communist Party of India-Marxist aspirant Saman Pathak finished third, garnering 1,67,069 votes. BJP retained the seat. In 2009, Jaswant Singh was elected from the constituency. 

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