Coordinates: 23°40′N 86°56′E / 23.667°N 86.933°E / 23.667; 86.933

Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Asansol Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Asansol Dakshin is located in West Bengal
Asansol Dakshin
Asansol Dakshin
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°40′N 86°56′E / 23.667°N 86.933°E / 23.667; 86.933
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.280
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)203,289 (2011)

Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It covers most of the area earlier under Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The Delimitation Commission abolished Hirapur as an assembly constituency in 2011.

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, there are two constituencies, namely Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency).No. 280 Asansol Dakshin covers Wards 38-39,56-57,75,77-87,94-98,106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Ward nos. 9,18,20,34-50 of Asansol municipal corporation) and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block.[1]

Asansol Uttar and Asansol Dakshin assembly segments are part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

The United News of India (UNI) has been candid about the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal (the area covered by the Asansol Lok Sabha Sabha constituency) 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. 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.”[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Hirapur Taher Hossain Independent[3]
1962 Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Shibdas Ghatak Indian National Congress [5]
1969 Bamapada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Bamapada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Triptimoy Aich Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Bamapada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Bamapada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987 Suhrid Basu Mallick Indian National Congress [11]
1991 Mamtaz Hassan Janata Dal[12]
1996 Shyamadas Banerjee Indian National Congress [13]
2001 Moloy Ghatak All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Amitava Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16]
2011 Asansol Dakshin Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Tapas Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2021 Agnimitra Paul Bharatiya Janata Party[19]

Election results[]

2011[]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin[20][21][22]
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
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +20.57#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Hirapur constituency.

2016[]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin
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
AITC hold Swing -5.03

2021[]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Agnimitra Paul 87,881 45.13 +77.14
AITC Saayoni Ghosh 83,394 42.82 +15.31
CPI(M) Prashanta Ghosh 15,720 8.20 -70.80
BSP Singhasan Paswan 2,847 1.67
BMUP Shiuli Ruidas 1,157 0.57
NOTA None of the above 3,466 1.78
Majority 4,487 2.34
Turnout 1,94,943 71.08
BJP gain from AITC Swing

References[]

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  2. ^ "Close fight in Asansol". UNI, 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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  7. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 331. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 368. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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  19. ^ "Asansol Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  22. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Asansol Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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