Gorkha National Liberation Front
GNLF- Also seen as
- gorkha national liberation front
About GNLF
Founded in 1980 by Subhash Ghisingh to demand a separate Gorkhaland state carved from the Darjeeling hills. Led an agitation from 1986–1988 before signing the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Agreement, trading the statehood demand for a semi-autonomous hill council. Ghisingh chaired the resulting council for close to two decades, making GNLF the dominant political force in the Darjeeling hills — though this was council authority within West Bengal, not a full state government.
- Key leaders
- Subhash Ghisingh — founder; Chairman, Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, 1988–2005 (de facto until 2008)
Source: Gorkha National Liberation Front — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.
Election record
Every election where GNLF polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.
| WB Assembly | 2011 | 0 | 42,605 | 0.1% | 3 | #22 |
| WB Assembly | 2006 | 3 | 1,96,030 | 0.5% | 5 | #9 |
| WB Assembly | 2001 | 3 | 1,90,057 | 0.5% | 5 | #9 |
| WB Assembly | 1996 | 3 | 1,61,498 | 0.4% | 3 | #7 |
| Lok Sabha | 1989 | 1 | 4,35,070 | 0.1% | 1 | #19 |
Peak: 3 seats at the West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006.