| 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1977-2006[edit | edit source]
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1951-1972[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.