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Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Asansol
WB-40
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesPandabeswar
Raniganj
Jamuria
Asansol Dakshin
Asansol Uttar
Kulti
Barabani
Established1957
Total electors17,70,281
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year2024

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.

Overview

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttara, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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]

Assembly segments

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]

# Name District MLA, from 2026 MLA's Party 2024 Lok Sabha Lead
275 Pandabeswar Paschim Bardhaman Jitendra Tiwari BJP AITC
278 Raniganj Partha Ghosh
279 Jamuria Bijan Mukherjee
280 Asansol Dakshin Agnimitra Paul BJP
281 Asansol Uttar Krishnendu Mukherjee AITC
282 Kulti Ajay Poddar BJP
283 Barabani Arijit Roy AITC

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)

Members of Parliament

Year Member[9] Party
1957 Mono Mohan Das Indian National Congress
Atulya Ghosh
1962 Atulya Ghosh
1967 Deben Sen Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 Robin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980 Ananda Gopal Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1984
1989 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
1998 Bikash Chowdhury
1999
2004
2005^ Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
2009
2014 Babul Supriyo Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2022^ Shatrughan Sinha Trinamool Congress
2024

^By-Poll

Note: In 1951 the Asansol area was part of Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency. In 1957, it was double seat constituency.

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 46.53%
2022 (By-Poll)
 
 56.62%
2019
 
 51.16%
2014
 
 36.75%
2009
 
 48.69%
2005 (By-Poll)
 
 61.33%
2004
 
 51.00%
1999
 
 46.27%
1998
 
 41.09%
1996
 
 46.37%
1991
 
 45.13%
1989
 
 49.59%
1984
 
 55.18%
1980
 
 42.91%
1977
 
 59.07%
1971
 
 49.38%
1967
 
 40.56%
1962
 
 38.84%
1957
 
 29.60%
1957
 
 26.01%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Asansol[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shatrughan Sinha 605,645 46.53 Decrease10.09
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 546,081 41.96 Increase11.05
CPI(M) Jahanara Khan 105,964 8.14 Increase1.34
NOTA None of the above 15,510 1.19 Increase0.08
Majority 59,564 9.78 Decrease21.38
Turnout 1,200,001 73.52 Increase6.78
Registered electors 1,200,201
AITC hold Swing

2022 By-election

By-election, 2022: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shatrughan Sinha 656,358 56.62 Increase21.43
BJP Agnimitra Paul 353,149 30.46 Decrease20.70
CPI(M) Partha Mukherjee 90,412 7.80 Increase0.72
INC Prasenjit Puitandy 15,035 1.30 Decrease0.40
NOTA None of the above 12,702 1.11 Decrease0.06
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

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Asansol[12]
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

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Asansol[13][14]
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
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

2009

General Election, 2009: Asansol[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bansa Gopal Chowdhury 435,161 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

2005 Bye-election

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.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2005: Asansol constituency
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

2004

2004 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bikash Chowdhury 369,832 51.00
AITC Moloy Ghatak 245,514 33.86
INC Tapas Banerjee 70,867 9.77
IND Sunil Mukherjee 12,552 1.73
BSP Manik Lal Bauri 8,830 1.22
SP Pratap Singh 6,828 0.94
IND Sailendra Nath Bhattacharyya 6,286 0.87
CPI(ML)L Atanu Chakravarty 4,489 0.62
Majority 124,318 17.14
Turnout 725,198
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bikash Chowdhury 377,265 46.27
AITC Ajit Ghatak (Moloy Ghatak) 339,401 41.63
INC Manik Upadhyay 89,261 10.95
BSP Manik Bouri 5,222 0.64
AMB Jitendra Mandal 2,354 0.29
IND Pradip Kumar Banerjee 970 0.12
IND Dilip Paswan 819 0.10
Majority 37,864 4.64
Turnout 829,147 65.52
CPI(M) hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bikash Chowdhury 355,382 41.09
AITC Ajit Kumar Ghatak 329,233 38.07
INC S. S. Ahluwalia 110,618 12.79
RJD Sohrab Ali 43,643 5.05
IND Sunil Pal 9,345 1.08
BSP Manik Bauri 8,386 0.97
SJP(R) Jyotirmoy Maiti 7,106 0.82
IND Ganes Chandra Sarkar 1,127 0.13
Majority 26,149 3.02
Turnout 883,829 71.12
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haradhan Roy 376,806 46.37
INC Sukumar Bandyopadhyay 329,856 40.60
BJP Surendranath Lamba 69,737 8.58
IND Gonesh Pal 11,556 1.42
JMM Ajit Soren 8,467 1.04
IND Brahmadev Ram 6,215 0.76
AMB Gaanty Manik 3,205 0.39
AIIC(T) Kishore Chatterjee 2,737 0.34
IND Harish Chandra Rajbhar 1,869 0.23
IND Bhrigunath Sharma 1,186 0.15
IND Bhabani Tosh Mukherjee 891 0.11
Majority 46,950 5.78
Turnout 841,736 69.69
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haradhan Roy 316,504 45.13
INC Deba Prasad Roy 221,646 31.61
BJP Kinkar Tapananda Brahmachari 135,641 19.34
CPI(M-L) Balahari Mondal 5,739 0.82
BSP Jarasandha Bouri 5,600 0.80
JP Mihir Upadhyay 4,566 0.65
IND Manik Chatterjee 3,352 0.48
IND Md. Bodradoja 1,695 0.24
DDP Raj Nath Kurmi 1,542 0.22
IND Durgadas Mondal 1,459 0.21
IND Bikash Chandra Ghosh 1,009 0.14
IND Asis Ranjan Sarkar 878 0.13
IND Debidas Mukherjee 843 0.12
IND Subrata Mitra 766 0.11
Majority 94,858 13.52
Turnout 722,290 64.13
CPI(M) hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Haradhan Roy 374,281 49.59
INC Pradip Bhattacharjee 332,044 43.99
BJP Amarnath Keshri 21,077 2.79
CPI(M-L) Ganesh Pal 12,096 1.60
BSP Mahendra Paswan 5,019 0.66
AMB Ghanty Manik 3,035 0.40
IND Sudesh Murmu 2,471 0.33
IND Narayan Pandit 1,510 0.20
IND G. K. Sharma 1,506 0.20
DDP Sambhunath Rajbhar 914 0.12
IND Samir Kumar Dey 821 0.11
Majority 42,237 5.60
Turnout 771,578 69.86
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anada Gopal Mukherjee 334,212 55.18
CPI(M) Bamapada Mukherjee 247,546 40.87
IND Manik Bowri 7,360 1.22
IND S. M. Samsul Haque 4,968 0.82
IND Ghanty Manik Chandra 4,474 0.74
IND Chhedilal Jalan 3,993 0.66
IND Gopal Krishna Sharma 3,075 0.51
Majority 86,666 14.31
Turnout 625,065 69.94
Swing to INC from INC(I) Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya 175,703 42.91
CPI(M) Robin Sen 166,051 40.55
JP Dr. Gopikaranjan Mitra 27,222 6.65
INC(U) Pradip Kumar Bhattacharyya 9,415 2.30
IND Badal Bouri 8,460 2.07
IND Joy Shankar Chowdhury 6,190 1.51
RPI Doman Prasad Bhuiyan 5,749 1.40
IND Ghanty Manik 5,070 1.24
IND Mahadeb Mukherjee 3,456 0.84
IND Mohammad Moslen Khan 2,160 0.53
Majority 9,652 2.36
Turnout 423,787 55.52
Swing to INC(I) from CPI(M) Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Robin Sen 163,492 59.07
INC Syed Mohammad Jalal 91,265 32.97
IND Badal Bauri 7,716 2.79
IND Niroda Prasad Mukherjee 5,657 2.04
IND Aditya Baran Bandopadhyay 4,746 1.71
IND Naresh Chandra Roy Chaudhury 3,897 1.41
Majority 72,227 26.10
Turnout 287,229 44.38
CPI(M) hold Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Robin Sen 132,268 49.38
INC Narayan Choudhury 98,608 36.81
SSP Deven Sen 21,364 7.98
INC(O) Atulya Ghosh 8,144 3.04
Bangla Congress Sohan Prasad Verma 4,606 1.72
IND Yar Mohammad 2,880 1.08
Majority 33,660 12.57
Turnout 280,338 51.64
Swing to CPI(M) from SSP Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SSP D. Sen 99,276 40.56
INC J. N. Mukhopadhyay 92,284 37.71
CPI K. S. Roy 49,138 20.08
IND H. S. Roy 4,041 1.65
Majority 6,992 2.85
Turnout 255,556 57.56
Swing to SSP from INC Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Atulya Ghosh 70,835 38.84
CPI Ket Narayan Misra 61,991 33.99
PSP Deben Sen 49,563 27.17
Majority 8,844 4.85
Turnout 188,992 41.56
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mono Mohan Das 186,374 29.60
INC Atulya Ghosh 163,725 26.01
IND Ambuja Bhusan Bose 126,026 20.02
IND Amarendra Nath Saha 109,149 17.34
IND Moni Mohan Ghose 44,315 7.04
Majority 22,649 3.59
Turnout 629,589 39.83
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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