Asansol Dakshin
Constituency No. 280 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
LS constituencyAsansol
Established1952
Total electors203,289
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 280 Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 38-39, 56-57, 75, 77-87, 94-98, 106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block.[1]

Asansol Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1951 Asansol Atindra Nath Bose Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
1957 Shibdas Ghatak Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Bijoy Pal Communist Party of India[4]
1967 Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra Indian National Congress [5]
1969 Lokesh Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Lokesh Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Niranjan Dihidar Communist Party of India [8]
1977 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Bijoy Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Prabuddha Laha Indian National Congress [11]
1991 Goutam Roy Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996 Tapas Banerjee Indian National Congress [13]
2001 Kalyan Banerjee Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011 Asansol Dakshin Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2021 Agnimitra Paul Bharatiya Janata Party[18]

Election results

1951-1972

In 1972, Niranjan Dihidar of Communist Party of India won the seat. In 1969 and 1971, Dr. Lokesh Ghosh of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1962, Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In 1957, it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Atindra Nath Bose of Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won the seat defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.[19]

1977-2006

In 2006 state assembly elections. Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) won the Asansol seat defeating his nearest rival Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Kalyan Banerjee had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhuri of CPI (M). In 1996, Tapas Banerjee of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1991, Goutam Roy Choudhury had won the seat defeating Bajrangi Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 1987, Prabuddha Laha of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1982, Bejoy Pal of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Banerjee of Congress. In 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress.[20]

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin[21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Banerjee 89,645 55.75 +10.74
CPI(M) Ashok Kumar Mukherjee 61,104 38.00 -9.13
BJP Pawan Kumar Singh 6,706 4.17
JD(U) Nirajlal Yadav 3,356 2.09
Majority 28,541 17.75
Turnout 1,60,879 78.69
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +20.57#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Asansol constituency.

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Banerjee 71,515 38.54 -17.21
CPI(M) Hemant Prabhakar 57,232 30.84 -7.16
BJP Col. Diptansu Choudhury 49,199 26.51 +22.34
BMP Chhoton Ruidas 2,096 1.12 N/A
JDP Sukanta Hembram 1,601 0.86 N/A
NOTA None of the above 3,911 2.10 N/A
Majority 14,283 7.70 -10.05
Turnout 1,85,704 75.07
AITC hold Swing -5.03

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Agnimitra Paul 87,881 45.13 +18.62
AITC Saayoni Ghosh 83,394 42.82 +4.28
CPI(M) Prashanta Ghosh 15,720 8.20 -22.64
BSP Singhasan Paswan 2,847 1.67
BMUP Shiuli Ruidas 1,157 0.57
NOTA None of the above 3,466 1.78 -0.78
Majority 4,487 2.34
Turnout 1,94,943 71.08
BJP gain from AITC Swing

References

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  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 344. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 352. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 369. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Asansol. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  16. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Kulti. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Asansol Dakshin". Election Results. India.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Asansol Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol), (in Bengali), pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.
  20. ^ "260 - Asansol Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  21. ^ "Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  22. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  23. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Asansol Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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