Ashoknagar Assembly constituency

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For the constituency in Madhya Pradesh, see Ashok Nagar Assembly constituency. For Municipality in North 24 Parganas, see Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas.
Ashoknagar
Constituency No. 101 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituencyBarasat
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2026
Preceded byNarayan Goswami

Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Most Successful parties from Ashoknagar assembly

   Communist Party of India (Marxist) (8 times) (50%)
  All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (18.75%)
  Communist Party of India (2 times) (12.5%)
  Independent politician (1 time) (6.25%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (2 time) (12.5%)

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 101 Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh municipality, and Habra II community development block.[1]

Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1967 Sadhan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India
1969
1971 Nani Kar Communist Party of India
1972 Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya Independent
1977 Nani Kar Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996 Nirode Roy Choudhury
1999^ Badal Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party
2001 Sarmistha Dutta Communist Party of India
2006 Satyasebi Kar
2011 Dhiman Roy All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Narayan Goswami
2026 Dr. Sumay Hira Bharatiya Janata Party
  • ^ by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ashoknagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sumay Hira 96,807 44.05 Increase11.73
AITC Narayan Goswami 87,399 39.77 Decrease3.41
ISF Tapas Banerjee 29,493 13.42 Decrease7.71
INC Angshuman Roy 1,417 0.64
Independent Tapas Banerjee 1,285 0.58
BSP Tarakeswar Hawlader 658 0.3 Decrease0.19
SUCI(C) Tarak Das 628 0.29
Janata Unnayan Party Sikha Ghosh 610 0.28
None of the above (India) None of the above 1,161 0.53
Majority 9,408 4.28 Decrease3.11
Turnout 2,19,757
BJP gain from Trinamool Congress Swing 9408

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Narayan Goswami 93,587 43.18 Decrease6.8
BJP Tanuja Chakraborty 78031 32.32 Increase24.95
ISF Tapas Banerjee 45,795 21.13 Template:New
BSP Jagadish Ray 1,053 0.49 Decrease0.32
Majority 15,556 7.39 Decrease4.28
Turnout 210,490 81.77 Decrease4.63
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dhiman Roy 98,042 49.98 Decrease5.41
CPI(M) Satyasebi Kar 75,143 38.30 Decrease0.85
BJP Tanuja Chakraborty 16,429 8.37 Increase5.93
BSP Tarakeswar Hawlader 1,582 0.81 Decrease0.03
RPI(A) Ajit Kumar Sarkar 1,339 0.68
CPI(ML)L Jayasri Das 1,262 0.64 Decrease0.41
Majority 22,899 11.67 Decrease4.57
Turnout 196,181 86.40
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

In the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dhiman Roy 94,451 55.39 +6.30#
CPI(M) Satyasebi Kar 66,759 39.15 −6.93
BJP Gopal Nandi 4,168 2.44
CPI(ML)L Jayasri Das 1,783 1.05
BSP Tarakeswar Hawlader 1,428 0.84
Independent Tapas Roy 1,344
Independent Uttam Kumar Raha 6,000
Majority 27,692 16.24
Turnout 170,533 88.55
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 13.43#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.


1977–2006[edit | edit source]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[4] Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) won the Ashoknagar assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Sarmistha Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutt of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Badal Bhattacharya of BJP defeated Rekha Goswami of CPIM in the 1999 Bye election, caused by the death of sitting MLA, Nirode Roy Chowdhury.[5] Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996.[6] Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991,[7] 1987,[8] 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]

1967–1972[edit | edit source]

Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972.[12] Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971.[13] Sadhan Kumar Sen of CPI won in 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ashoknagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "88 - Ashokenagar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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