Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

For the constituency in Madhya Pradesh, see Ashok Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). For Municipality in North 24 Parganas, see Ashoknagar,_North_24_Parganas.

Ashoknagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Ashoknagar Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Ashoknagar Ashoknagar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°49′59″N88°37′59″E / 22.83306°N 88.63306°E / 22.83306; 88.63306 Coordinates: 22°49′59″N88°37′59″E / 22.83306°N 88.63306°E / 22.83306; 88.63306
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	101
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	17. Barasat
Electorate (year)	193,115 (2011) [1] 227,073 (2016) [2] 240,705 (2019) [3] 257,180 (2021) [4]

Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 101 Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh municipality, and Habra II community development block. ^[5]

Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Ashoknagar	Sadhan Kumar Sen	Communist Party of India [6]
1969		Sadhan Kumar Sen	Communist Party of India [7]
1971		Nani Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya	Independent [9]
1977		Nani Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Nani Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Nani Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Nani Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Nirode Roy Choudhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1999 Bye Election		Badal Bhattacharya	Bharatiya Janata Party [15]
2001		Sarmistha Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2006		Satyasebi Kar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011		Dhiman Roy	All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2016		Dhiman Roy	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Narayan Ghoswami	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In this Election AITC candidate won the seat

2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Narayan Ghoswami	93587	43.18	-6.8
	BJP	Tanuja Chakraborty	70055	32.32	+24.95
	ISF	Tapas Banerjee	45795	21.13	+21.13
	BSP	Jagadish Ray	1053	0.49	-0.32
Turnout			210490	81.77	-4.63
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dhiman Roy	98,042	49.98	-5.41
	CPI(M)	Satyasebi Kar	75,143	38.30	-0.85
	BJP	Tanuja Chakraborty	16,429	8.37	+5.93
	BSP	Tarakeswar Hawlader	1,582	0.81
	RPI(A)	Ajit Kumar Sarkar	1,339	0.68
	CPI(ML)L	Jayasri Das	1,262	0.64
Turnout			196,181	86.40
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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 ^{[18] [19]}

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
	BSP	Tarakeswar Hawlader	1,428
	Independent	Tapas Roy	1,344
	Independent	Uttam Kumar Raha	6,000
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.

2006

In the 2006 election,Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of All India Trinamool Congress .

2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Satyasebi Kar	73,250
	AITC	Dhiman Roy	71,450
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1967–1972

Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972. ^[9] Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[8] Sadhan Kumar Sen of CPI won in 1969 ^[7] and 1967. ^[6] Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[17] 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 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. ^[16] Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996. ^[14] Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991, ^[13] 1987, ^[12] 1982 ^[11] and 1977. ^{[10] [20]}

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