Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)


Asansol 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 are in Paschim Bardhaman district.

Overview

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." The New Indian Express said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking. The Statesman has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%.
The United News of India 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 since 1984. Before that it was a tale of fluctuating fortune for the CPI 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.”
The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores. As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.

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:
Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Kulti, Barabani, Hirapur, Asansol, Raniganj, Jamuria and Ukhra

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

2005 Bye-election

In the Asansol seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting CPI-MP Bikash Chowdhury on 1 August 2005.
The Bye election Held In 5 September 2005.Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI defeated Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress.

General elections 1957-2014

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1957629,58939.83Mono Mohan Das29.6Congress
Atulya Ghosh26.01CongressAmbuja Bhusan Bose20.02Independent
1962188,92241.56Atulya Ghosh38.84CongressKet Narayan Misra33.99CPI
1967255,55657.56Deben Sen40.56SSPJ.N.Mukhopadhyay37.71Congress
1971280,33851.64Robin Sen49.38CPINarayan Choudhury36.81Congress
19772,87,23044.38Robin Sen59.07CPISyed Mohd. Jalal32.97Congress
19804,23,79055.52Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay49.21CongressRobin Sen40.55CPI
19846,25,07069.94Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay55.18CongressBamapada Mukherjee40.87CPI
19897,71,58069.86Haradhan Roy49.59CPIPradip Bhattacharjee43.99Congress
19917,22,29064.13Haradhan Roy45.13CPIDeba Prosad Roy31.61Congress
19968,41,74069.69Haradhan Roy46.37CPISukumar Bandopadhyay40.60Congress
19988,83,83071.12Bikash Chowdhury41.09CPIMoloy Ghatak38.07Trinamool Congress
19998,29,15065.52Bikash Chowdhury46.27CPIMoloy Ghatak41.63Trinamool Congress
20047,26,48066.52Bikash Chowdhury51.00CPIMoloy Ghatak33.85Trinamool Congress
2005Bansa Gopal ChowdhuryCPIMoloy GhatakTrinamool Congress
2009893,47771.49Bansa Gopal ChowdhuryCPIMoloy GhatakTrinamool Congress
201411,42,39577.40Babul Supriyo36.76BJPDola Sen30.59Trinamool Congress