Asansol WB-40 | |
---|---|
Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | Pandabeswar Raniganj Jamuria Asansol Dakshin Asansol Uttar Kulti Barabani |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 17,70,281 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
![]() | |
Incumbent | |
Party | ![]() |
Alliance | ![]() |
Elected year | 2024 |
Preceded by | Babul Supriyo Won as : ![]() ![]() |
Asansol Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Asansol in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 40 Asansol Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Bardhaman district.
On the eve of 2014 elections, The Statesman described the constituency as follows: "The Asansol Lok Sabha constituency is conspicuous by its mixed population — coal mine workers, factory workers, coal mafia, scrap dealers, minority population and a large section of Hindi speaking population." [1] The New Indian Express said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking. [2] The Statesman has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%. [3]
The United News of India (UNI) has been candid about the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal after Kolkata that is a hub of coal mining and railway activity bordering Jharkhand. Asansol has seen, it writes, "a sustained hold over it by the CPI(M) since 1984 (1989?). Before that it was a tale of fluctuating fortune for the CPI(M) and the Congress... However, as the green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections... Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative." [4]
The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores. [5] As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. [6]
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 40 Asansol is composed of the following assembly segments: [7]
Constituency number | Name | District | Party (as of 2021) |
---|---|---|---|
275 | Pandabeswar | Paschim Bardhaman | TMC |
278 | Raniganj | TMC | |
279 | Jamuria | TMC | |
280 | Asansol Dakshin | BJP | |
281 | Asansol Uttar | TMC | |
282 | Kulti | BJP | |
283 | Barabani | TMC |
Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [8] Kulti (assembly constituency no. 257), Barabani (assembly constituency no. 258), Hirapur (assembly constituency no. 259), Asansol (assembly constituency no. 260), Raniganj (assembly constituency no. 261), Jamuria (assembly constituency no. 262) and Ukhra (SC) (assembly constituency no. 263)
Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Second | 1957-62 | Mono Mohan Das | Indian National Congress [9] | |
Atulya Ghosh [9] [10] | ||||
Third | 1962-67 | Atulya Ghosh | ||
Fourth | 1967-71 | Deben Sen | Samyukta Socialist Party [11] | |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Robin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12] [13] | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | |||
Seventh | 1980-84 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress [14] [15] | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | |||
Ninth | 1989-91 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] [17] [18] | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | |||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | |||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Bikash Chowdhury [19] [20] [21] | ||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | |||
Fourteenth | 2004-05 | |||
2005^-2009 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury [22] [23] | |||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | |||
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Babul Supriyo Baral | Bharatiya Janata Party [24] [25] | |
Seventeenth | 2019-22 | |||
2022^–24 | Shatrughan Sinha | Trinamool Congress [26] | ||
Eighteenth | 2024–Incumbent |
^By-Poll
Note: In 1951 the Asansol area was part of Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency. In 1957, it was double seat constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Shatrughan Sinha | 605,645 | 46.53 | ![]() | |
BJP | S. S. Ahluwalia | 546,081 | 41.96 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 105,964 | 8.14 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 15,510 | 1.19 | ![]() | |
Majority | 59,564 | 4.78 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,301,540 | 73.52 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 17,70,281 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Shatrughan Sinha | 656,358 | 56.62 | ![]() | |
BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 353,149 | 30.46 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Partha Mukherjee | 90,412 | 7.80 | ![]() | |
INC | Prasenjit Puitandy | 15,035 | 1.30 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 12,702 | 1.11 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,03,209 | 26.16 | +16.36 | ||
Turnout | 11,59,764 | 66.74 | |||
Registered electors | 17,37,819 | ||||
AITC gain from BJP | Swing | +13.08 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Babul Supriyo Baral | 633,378 | 51.16 | +14.41 | |
AITC | Moon Moon Sen | 4,35,741 | 35.19 | +4.61 | |
CPI(M) | Gouranga Chattopadhyay | 87,608 | 7.08 | −15.31 | |
INC | Biswarup Mondal | 21,038 | 1.7 | −2.54 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 14,447 | 1.17 | +0.17 | |
Majority | 1,97,637 | 15.97 | +9.80 | ||
Turnout | 12,38,151 | 76.62 | −1.11 | ||
Registered electors | 16,15,865 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | +4.90 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Babul Supriyo | 419,983 | 36.75 | +31.19 | |
AITC | Dola Sen | 3,49,503 | 30.58 | −9.95 | |
CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 2,55,829 | 22.39 | −26.30 | |
INC | Indrani Mishra | 48,502 | 4.24 | ||
Independent | Manash Sarkar | 14,263 | 1.25 | ||
Independent | Jyotirmoy Maity | 10,227 | 0.89 | −0.59 | |
JMM | Kanai Banerjee | 5,728 | 0.50 | ||
Independent | Sujit Kar | 5,016 | 0.44 | ||
IUML | Md. Reyazuddin | 4,947 | 0.43 | ||
BSP | Jarasandha Sinha | 4,663 | 0.41 | −1.21 | |
BMP | Atul Chandra Bouri | 4,256 | 0.37 | ||
SUCI(C) | Ananta Lal Gupta | 3,115 | 0.27 | ||
Gareeb Aadmi Party | Md. Mustaqim | 2,450 | 0.21 | ||
JDP | Buro Murmu | 2,434 | 0.21 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 11,479 | 1.00 | ||
Majority | 70,480 | 6.17 | −1.99 | ||
Turnout | 11,42,395 | 77.73 | +6.24 | ||
BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +28.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,35,161 | 48.69 | −12.64 | |
AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 3,62,205 | 40.53 | +13.53 | |
BJP | Suryya Ray | 49,646 | 5.56 | ||
BSP | Ajay Singh | 14,490 | 1.62 | ||
Independent | Jyotirmoy Maity | 13,190 | 1.48 | ||
LJP | Goutam Das | 10,181 | 1.14 | ||
Independent | Jarasandha Sinha | 8,831 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 72,956 | 8.16 | |||
Turnout | 8,93,704 | 71.49 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
In the Asansol seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting CPI(M)-MP Bikash Chowdhury on 1 August 2005. The Bye election Held On 5 September 2005.Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,10,740 | 61.33 | ||
AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 1,80,799 | 27.00 | ||
INC | Provat Goswami | 52,570 | 7.85 | ||
Independent | Shakti Ranjan Mondal | 12,912 | 1.93 | ||
Independent | Kanchan Kumar Chakraborty | 12,719 | 1.89 | ||
Majority | 2,29,941 | 60% | |||
Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | −6.7 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | +21.27 |
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | %age | Party | Runners up | %age | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | 629,589 | 39.83 | Mono Mohan Das | 29.6 | Congress | |||
Atulya Ghosh | 26.01 | Congress | Ambuja Bhusan Bose | 20.02 | Independent [10] | |||
1962 | 188,922 | 41.56 | Atulya Ghosh | 38.84 | Congress | Ket Narayan Misra | 33.99 | CPI [10] |
1967 | 255,556 | 57.56 | Deben Sen | 40.56 | SSP | J.N.Mukhopadhyay | 37.71 | Congress [11] |
1971 | 280,338 | 51.64 | Robin Sen | 49.38 | CPI(M) | Narayan Choudhury | 36.81 | Congress [12] |
1977 | 2,87,230 | 44.38 | Robin Sen | 59.07 | CPI(M) | Syed Mohd. Jalal | 32.97 | Congress [13] |
1980 | 4,23,790 | 55.52 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay | 49.21 | Congress | Robin Sen | 40.55 | CPI(M) [14] |
1984 | 6,25,070 | 69.94 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay | 55.18 | Congress | Bamapada Mukherjee | 40.87 | CPI(M) [15] |
1989 | 7,71,580 | 69.86 | Haradhan Roy | 49.59 | CPI(M) | Pradip Bhattacharjee | 43.99 | Congress [16] |
1991 | 7,22,290 | 64.13 | Haradhan Roy | 45.13 | CPI(M) | Deba Prosad Roy | 31.61 | Congress [17] |
1996 | 8,41,740 | 69.69 | Haradhan Roy | 46.37 | CPI(M) | Sukumar Bandopadhyay | 40.60 | Congress [18] |
1998 | 8,83,830 | 71.12 | Bikash Chowdhury | 41.09 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 38.07 | Trinamool Congress [19] |
1999 | 8,29,150 | 65.52 | Bikash Chowdhury | 46.27 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 41.63 | Trinamool Congress [20] |
2004 | 7,26,480 | 66.52 | Bikash Chowdhury | 51.00 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 33.85 | Trinamool Congress [21] |
2005 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress [22] | ||||
2009 | 893,477 | 71.49 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress [23] | ||
2014 | 11,42,395 | 77.40 | Babul Supriyo | 36.76 | BJP | Dola Sen | 30.59 | Trinamool Congress [24] |
Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. This constituency was in the state of West Bengal. This constituency was reserved for Scheduled castes over certain periods.
Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Bardhaman in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat in 2009 general elections.
Jaynagar is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar Majilpur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the southern part of Kolkata in West Bengal. While four of the seven legislative assembly segments on No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency are in Kolkata district,
Bankura Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. While six assembly segments of No. 36 Bankura Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purulia district.
Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. While six assembly segments of No. 11 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district, one assembly segment is in Nadia district.
Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district and one segment is in Jalpaiguri district. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes.
Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district.
Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. As per census 2011 Hindus form 89.7% of electors rest by Muslims, Sikhs and others.
Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district.
Howrah Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah Lok Sabha constituency are in Howrah district.
Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India.
Malda Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Malda in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat was a very strong bastion of the Indian National Congress.
Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Midnapore in West Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district and one is in Purba Medinipur district.
Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Panskura in West Bengal.
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency came into being. The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977.