Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Darjeeling
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : March 1989-96 Member, Rajya Sabha 1993-96 Member, Standing Committee on Transport and Tourism 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Books Published : Nine books/booklets in Nepali languages
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments : Contributes articles to Nepali and English magazines
Social and Cultural Activities : Actively involved in the setting up of number of edu-cational and cultural institutions: revived the progressive literary movement in Nepali art and literature after seventies: youth and teachers movement
Special Interests : Literature and art
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading, listening music and meeting people
Other Information : Member, Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, 1989-94; Led revolt in the C.P.I.(M) on the issue of the demand for the formation of a separate State (Gorkhaland) and assisted in setting up a new political organisation named Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (C.P.R.M.) in December, 1996
Election Result : Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 12,12,950 Total votes polled 8,43,297 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Ratna Bahadur Rai [C.P.I.(M)] 3,57,291 (2) Shri K.B. Chettri (I.N.C.) 2,80,167 (3) Smt. Geeta Chatterjee (B.J.P.) 68,421 (4) Shri Gajendra Gurung (Ind.) 29,499
