Gorkhaland Territorial Administration election were held on 26 June 2022 to elect all 45 members of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, in West Bengal state, India.
Background The previous election took place in 2012 which was won by GJM. In 2017, all GJM councillors resigned from their posts stating that GTA failed to fulfill their expectations and aspirations of the people. Sooner Binay Tamang was appointed by the Government of West Bengal as acting chairman of the body. Later Anit Thapa was appointed as its acting chairman.
Following the municipal election all over the state, West Bengal State Election Commission announced the date of poll on 27 May 2022. GJM leader and previous chairman of GTA, Bimal Gurung started a hunger strike in demand for the postponement of the election, just after the poll date was announced. BJP also supported Gurung and stated that GTA is not a permanent solution of the Gorkha issues.
Schedule The election schedule was declared by West Bengal State Election Commission on 27 May 2022.
Poll eventScheduleNotification Date27 MayLast Date for filing nomination3 JuneScrutiny of nomination4 JuneLast Date for withdrawal of nomination6 JuneDate of poll26 JuneDate of counting of votes29 June
Parties and alliances The party which won the last election, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha officially didn't fielded any candidates, however its members contested from all 45 seats as independent candidates. On the other hand, Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in the state confirmed that they will contest from only 10 seats. BGPM broke its alliance with TMC and decided to contest from 36 seats on their own. Newly formed Hamro Party also fielded candidates in all seats.
CPI(M) fielded 12 candidates and Congress fielded 5 candidates in the polls. A total of 277 candidates, including 169 independents, are contesting the GTA election. BJP and its allies - Gorkha National Liberation Front, Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists and All India Gorkha League decided not to contest the GTA election. PartySymbolAllianceNo. of contesting candidatesIndependents supported by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Gurung) (GJM(G))INDNone45Hamro Party (HP)IND45Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM)IND35Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))Left Front12All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)AITC+10Indian National Congress (INC)UPA5Independents (IND)NoneNone124
Winning candidates
Constituency Number Constituency Name Winning candidate Winning party Note Darjeeling Sadar Subdivision 1 Rimbick-Lodhoma Norden Sherpa BGPM 2 Relling-Kaijalia Satish Pokhrel BGPM 3 Pul-Bijanbari-Goke Bhupendra Chettri HP Joined BGPM. Expired on 25 January 2026. 4 Bloomfield-Rishihat Binoy Tamang TMC Joined Congress; expelled from Congress later. 5 Tukver Suraj Rai Independent 6 Lebong-Badamtam Yogendra Pradhan BGPM 7 Phoobsering-Pandam Jiten Rai HP 8 Darjeeling-I Pratim Subba HP 9 Darjeeling-II Robert Chettri HP 10 Darjeeling-III Ajoy Edwards HP 11 Darjeeling-IV Ruben Das Pradhan HP 12 Ghoom-Jorebunglow Pramoskar Blone HP Joined BGPM 13 Chongtong-Marybong-Tamsang Sandeep Chettri BGPM Joined BJP in June 2026 14 Sukhia-Maney Bhanjyang Uday Dewan BGPM 15 Pokhriabong-Chamung Noel Bomzon BGPM 16 Nagari-Dhajia Anjul Chauhan BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 17 Rungbull-Dhotria Rajesh Chauhan BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 Kurseong Subdivision 18 Sonada-Pacheyang Anos Thapa BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 19 Takdah-Glenburn Sunny Tamang HP 20 Takling-Peshok Mani Kumar Rai BGPM Joined BJP in August 2026 21 Takdah-Teesta Valley Dhendup Pakhrin BGPM 22 Mungpoo-Labdah Ratan Kumar Thapa BGPM 23 Seeyok-Gopaldhara-Okaity Dhurba Bomzon TMC 24 Mirik-Thurbo-Duptin Milesh Rai TMC Joined BJP in August 2026 25 Soureni Arun Sigchi BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 26 Sukna-Panighatta Paresh Tirkey TMC 27 Tung-St. Mary's Nuri Sherpa BGPM Joined BJP in August 2026 28 Kurseong-Deorali Shyam Sherpa BGPM 29 Kurseong-Giddapahar Anit Thapa BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 30 Pankhabari-Ambootia-Longview Kalpana Pradhan BGPM Joined BJP in August 2026 31 Mahanadi-Tindharia Nowraj Chettri BGPM 32 Sittong-Latpanchar Anit Thapa BGPM Resigned from GTA in 2026 Kalimpong Subdivision 33 Chibo-Tashiding Senora Namchu BGPM Joined BJP in June 2026 34 Homes-Bhalukhop Bikash Rai Independent Supported BGPM 35 Bong-Durpin Suman Gurung TMC Joined BJP in June 2026 36 Dungra-Pudung Palden Tamang Independent Joined BJP in May 2026 37 Algarah-Dalapchand Dawa Tenzi Sherpa BGPM Joined BJP in August 2026 38 Lava-Lingsay Kumar Sharma Independent Supported BGPM; joined BJP in June 2026 39 Rongpo-Munsong Birey Rai Independent Supported BGPM 40 Pedong Kamal Subba BGPM Joined BJP in June 2026 41 Gidabling-Nimbong Sanchabir Subba BGPM Resigned from GTA in September 2026 42 Relli-Samthar Hemant Rai BGPM 43 Gorubathan Ratan Thapa BGPM Joined BJP in June 2026 44 Samsing-Kumai Harkaman Chettri BGPM 45 Rongo-Today-Jaldhaka Lakpa Namgyal Bhutia BGPM Joined BJP in June 2026
Results +RefPolitical PartySeats WonNet Change in SeatsVote ShareIndependent supported by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Gurung)*243 Hamro Party*88 Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha*2727 Communist Party of India (Marxist)0 - All India Trinamool Congress55 Indian National Congress(INC)0 - Independent33 Total45100 " * " denotes parties that are contesting the election as independent candidates (not with any party symbols)
Aftermath After the election result was out, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that Trinamool Congress had alliance with BGPM. BGPM president Anit Thapa went to meet Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata after a few days.
All 45 elected member took oath on 13 July. BGPM had the majority on their own as they had won 27 seats. BGPM along with its ally TMC, and other three independent members, formed the board. Anit Thapa became the chief executive of GTA while Rajesh Chauhan became its chairman. Their oath taking ceremony took place on 14 July in the presence of Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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