| Asansol Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 280 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 203,289 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asansol | |||
| 1951 | Atindra Nath Bose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1957 | Shibdas Ghatak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Lokesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Niranjan Dihidar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Bijoy Pal | ||
| 1987 | Prabuddha Laha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Goutam Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1996 | Tapas Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Kalyan Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Asansol Dakshin | |||
| 2011 | Tapas Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Agnimitra Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 119,582 | 55.42 |  10.29
| |
| AITC | Tapas Banerjee | 78,743 | 36.49 |  6.33
| |
| CPI(M) | Shilpi Chakraborty | 10,390 | 4.81 | 3.39
| |
| INC | Souvik Mukherjee | 1,367 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Dipika Bauri | 1,304 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Asgar Ali | 789 | 0.37 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Anup Bhattacharya | 391 | 0.18 | ||
| AMB | Bibekananda Sadhu | 369 | 0.17 | ||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 2,857 | 1.32 | 0.46
| |
| Majority | 40,839 | 18.92 | 16.58
| ||
| Turnout | 2,15,792 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| 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 | ||||
2016
| 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 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1977-2006
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1951-1972
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ↑ "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.