Ausgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ausgram
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 23°32′N87°40′E / 23.533°N 87.667°E / 23.533; 87.667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	273
Type	Reserved for SC.
Lok Sabha constituency	41. Bolpur (SC)
Electorate (year)	195,953 (2011)

Ausgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 273 Ausgram (SC) assembly seat covers Ausgram I community development block, Ausgram II CD Block, and Guskara municipality. ^[1]

Ausgram assembly segment is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) ^[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “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.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Ausgram	Kanai Lal Das and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Kanai Lal Das	Indian National Congress [4]
1962		Manoranjan Bakshi	Independent [5]
1967		Krishna Chandra Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1969		Krishna Chandra Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1971		Sridhar Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Sridhar Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1977		Sreedhar Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982		Sreedhar Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987		Sreedhar Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Sreedhar Malik	Communist Part of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Kartick Chandra Bag	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001		Kartick Chandra Bag	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006		Kartick Chandra Bag	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] [17]
2011		Basudeb Mete	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2016		Abhedananda Thander	All India Trinamool Congress [19] [20]
2021		Abhedananda Thander	All India Trinamool Congress [21] [22]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Abhedananda Thander of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kalita Maji of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Ausgram (SC) constituency ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhedananda Thander	100,392	46.25	+0.31
	BJP	Kalita Maji	88,577	40.80	+33.34
	CPI (M)	Chanchal Kumar Majhi	20,399	9.40	-31.36
	NOTA	None of the above	4,039	1.86	-0.08
	SUCI(C)	Manasa Mete	1,972	0.91	+0.16
	BSP	Sridam Goldar	1,701	0.78
Turnout			217,080
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Abhedananda Thander of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Basudeb Mete of CPI (M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ausgram (SC) constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhedananda Thander	90,450	45.94
	CPI (M)	Basudeb Mete	84,198	42.76	-9.45
	BJP	Sanatan Maji	14,686	7.46	+3.06
	NOTA	None of the above	3,817	1.94
	Independent	Kalpana Ankure	2,263	1.15
	SUCI(C)	Manasa Mete	1,485	0.75
Turnout			196,899	87.52	-1.30
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Basudeb Mete of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Chanchal Kumar Mondol of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ausgram ^{[23] [24] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Basudeb Mete	90,863	52.21	-14.07
	INC	Chanchal Kumar Mondal	67,767	38.94	+10.42#
	BJP	Shanti Karmakar	7,663	4.40
	Independent	Nihar Kumar Hazra	3,989
	SUCI(C)	Manasa Mate	2,321
	JDP	Bireswar Maji	1,445
Turnout			174,048	88.82
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-24.49#

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

1977-2006

Kartick Chandra Bag of CPI(M) won the Ausgram (SC) assembly seat in 2006, 2001 and 1996, defeating his nearest rivals Chhaya Chowdhuri of Trinamool Congress, Sukumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress and Sukumar Saha of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sreedhar Malik of CPI(M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, defeating his nearest rivals, Chhaya Rani Chowdhury of Congress, Biswambhar Mondal of Congress, Chanchal Kumar Modal of Congress and Madan Lohar of Janata Party, in the respective years. ^[26]

1951-1972

Sridhar Malik of CPI(M) won the seat in 1972 and 1971. Krishna Chandra Halder of CPI(M) won it 1969 and 1967. In 1962, it was won by Kanai Lal Das of Congress. In 1952, the first year when this constituency was formed, and 1957, it had two seats, one general and the other reserved for SC. From 1962, it became a constituency reserved for SC. In 1951, the winners were Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay and Kanai Lal Das both of Congress. ^[27]

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