| Asansol Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 280 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Dakshin Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 203,289 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 280 Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 38-39, 56-57, 75, 77-87, 94-98, 106 ofAsansol Municipal Corporation and Amrasota, Egara,Ballavpur,Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats ofRaniganj CD Block.[1]
Asansol Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 40Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asansol | |||
| 1951 | Atindra Nath Bose | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | |
| 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 Dakshin | |||
| 2011 | Tapas Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Agnimitra Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In 1972, Niranjan Dihidar ofCommunist 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. In1962, Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In1957, it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Atindra Nath Bose ofForward Bloc (Ruikar) won the seat, defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.[2]
In the2006 state assembly elections, Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) won the Asansol seat, defeating his nearest rival Kalyan Banerjee of theTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners 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 theBharatiya 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Banerjee | 89,645 | 55.75 | +10.74 | |
| CPI(M) | Ashok Kumar Mukherjee | 61,104 | 38.00 | −9.13 | |
| BJP | Pawan Kumar Singh | 6,706 | 4.17 | ||
| JD(U) | Nirajlal Yadav | 3,356 | 2.09 | ||
| Majority | 28,541 | 17.75 | |||
| Turnout | 1,60,879 | 78.69 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +20.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Asansol constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Banerjee | 71,515 | 38.54 | −17.21 | |
| CPI(M) | Hemant Prabhakar | 57,232 | 30.84 | −7.16 | |
| BJP | Col. Diptansu Choudhury | 49,199 | 26.51 | +22.34 | |
| BMP | Chhoton Ruidas | 2,096 | 1.12 | N/A | |
| JDP | Sukanta Hembram | 1,601 | 0.86 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,911 | 2.10 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,283 | 7.70 | −10.05 | ||
| Turnout | 1,85,704 | 75.07 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | -5.03 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 87,881 | 45.13 | +18.62 | |
| AITC | Saayoni Ghosh | 83,394 | 42.82 | +4.28 | |
| CPI(M) | Prashanta Ghosh | 15,720 | 8.20 | −22.64 | |
| BSP | Singhasan Paswan | 2,847 | 1.67 | ||
| BMUP | Shiuli Ruidas | 1,157 | 0.57 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,466 | 1.78 | −0.78 | |
| Majority | 4,487 | 2.34 | |||
| Turnout | 1,94,943 | 71.08 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
