Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency

Asansol Uttar
Constituency No. 281 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Established	1951
Total electors	198,342
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Moloy Ghatak
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Asansol Uttar 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. 281 Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency covers Ward Nos. 13-15, 20-31, 40-55, 76 of Asansol Municipal Corporation. ^[1]

Asansol Uttar assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Asansol
1951	Atindra Nath Bose		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 Uttar
2011	Moloy Ghatak		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

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-up 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 Uttar ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Moloy Ghatak	96,011	62.14	+11.26#
	CPI(M)	Ranu Roychowdhury	48,218	31.21	−17.91
	BJP	Madan Mohan Choubey	6,750	4.37
	JD(U)	Bijay Prasad Singh	3,536	2.29
Majority			47,793	30.93
Turnout			1,54,631	76.86
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+29.17

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

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Moloy Ghatak	84,715	46.12	−16.02
	BJP	Nirmal Karmakar	60,818	33.11	+28.74
	INC	Indrani Mishra	31,892	17.36	−13.85#
	BMP	Dipali Ruidas	2,178	1.18	N/A
	ABHM	Shyama Charan Dutta	1,268	0.69	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,795	1.52	N/A
Majority			23,897	13.01	−17.92
Turnout			1,83,844	73.68
	AITC hold		Swing	-22.38

1. #Joint candidate of CPI(M), CPI, JD(U), RJD, NCP and INC. As the CPI(M) contested the previous election, the performance of this candidate is based on the previous election

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Moloy Ghatak	100,931	52.32	+19.14
	BJP	Krishnendu Mukherjee	79,821	41.38	+31.24
	ISF	Mohammad Mustaquim	4,471	2.32	−85.98
	IND	Sunil Thakur	1,673	0.87
	AIMIM	Danish Aziz	1,514	0.78
Majority			21,110	11.12
Turnout			1,93,167	70.04
	AITC hold		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 Uttar". 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 Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Asansol Uttar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
7. "Asansol Uttar". Check 2016 result. CNBC TV18. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
8. "Asansol Uttar Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.