Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency

Asansol Dakshin
Constituency No. 280 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Dakshin Assembly Constituency
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
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Agnimitra Paul
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

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 (Ruikar)
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

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. ^[2]

1977-2006

In the 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. ^[3]

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin ^{[4] [5] [6]}

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

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
2. Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol), (in Bengali), pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.
3. "260 - Asansol Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
4. "Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
6. "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.