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'''Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It covers most of the area earlier under Asansol constituency. There is another constituency named [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].
 
==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, there are two constituencies, namely Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. No. 281 Asansol Uttar covers ward nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 17, 19, 21 to 33 of [[Asansol]] municipal corporation. No. 280 Asansol Dakshin covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of Asansol municipal corporation and Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Asansol Uttar and Asansol Dakshin assembly segments are part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>
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==Election results==
===2016 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Asansol Uttar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate  = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
|votes          = 84,715
|percentage = 46.12
|change      = -16.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate  = Nirmal Karmakar
|votes          = 60,818
|percentage = 33.11
|change      = +28.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = Indian National Congress
|candidate  = Indrani Mishra
|votes          = 31,892
|percentage = 17.36
|change      = -13.85#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate  = Dipali Ruidas
|votes          = 2,178
|percentage = 1.18
|change      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate  = Shyama Charan Dutta
|votes          = 1,268
|percentage = 0.69
|change      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party          = None of the above
|candidate  = None of the above
|votes          = 2,795
|percentage = 1.52
|change      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes          = 23,897
|percentage = 13.01
|change      = -17.92
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes          = 183,666
|percentage =
|change      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner        = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing          = -22.38
}}
{{Election box end}}
# #Joint candidate of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[JD(U)]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]], [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. As the CPI(M) contested the previous election, the performance of this candidate is based on the previous election
===Asansol Uttar constituency 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Asansol Uttar <ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25281.htm|title = Asansol Uttar |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=281|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Asansol Uttar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Asansol Uttar |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
  |votes      = 96,011
  |percentage = 62.14
  |change    = +11.26#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Ranu Roychowdhury 
  |votes      = 48,218
  |percentage = 31.21
  |change    = -17.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[Madan Mohan Choubey]] 
  |votes      = 6,750
  |percentage = 4.37
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = Bijay Prasad Singh 
  |votes      = 3,536
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes          = 47,793
|percentage = 30.93
|change      =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 154,515
  |percentage = 77.90
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing      = +29.17
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.</small>
{{Bardhaman 2011 election summary}}
===Asansol constituency 1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|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 [[All India Trinamool Congress|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.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp260.htm | title = 260 - Asansol Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}</ref>
===Asansol constituency 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 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]], Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]], it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Atindra Nath Bose of [[All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]] won the seat defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.<ref>Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, ''Asansol Parikrama'' (History of Asansol), {{in lang|bn}}, pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.</ref>
==References==
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{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Asansol]]

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