Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

Asansol
Lok Sabha Constituency
Current MP Shatrughan Sinha
IncumbentShatrughan Sinha
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2022
Constituency Details
Established1957
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors16,15,865[1]
Most Successful PartyCPIM (10 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesPandabeswar
Raniganj
Jamuria
Asansol Dakshin
Asansol Uttar
Kulti
Barabani

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."[2] The New Indian Express said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking.[3] The Statesman has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%.[4]

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.”[5]

The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores.[6] As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.[7]

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:[8]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
275 Pandabeswar None Paschim Bardhaman
278 Raniganj None Paschim Bardhaman
279 Jamuria None Paschim Bardhaman
280 Asansol Dakshin None Paschim Bardhaman
281 Asansol Uttar None Paschim Bardhaman
282 Kulti None Paschim Bardhaman
283 Barabani None Paschim Bardhaman

Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[9] 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
Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Second1957-62Mono Mohan DasIndian National Congress[10]
Atulya GhoshIndian National Congress[10]
Third1962-67Atulya GhoshIndian National Congress [11]
Fourth1967-71Deben SenSamyukta Socialist Party[12]
Fifth1971-77Robin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Sixth1977-80Robin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Seventh1980-84Ananda Gopal MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[15]
Eighth1984-89Ananda Gopal MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[16]
Ninth1989-91Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Tenth1991-96Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Eleventh1996-98Haradhan RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Twelfth1998-99Bikash ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [20]
Thirteenth1999-04Bikash ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[21]
Fourteenth2004-05Bikash ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[22]
2005-09Bansa Gopal ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[23]
Fifteenth2009-14Bansa Gopal ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[24]
Sixteenth2014-2019Babul Supriyo BaralBharatiya Janata Party[25]
Seventeenth2019-2021Babul Supriyo BaralBharatiya Janata Party[26]
Seventeenth|By Poll2022-presentShatrughan SinhaTrinamool Congress[27]

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

Election results

By-election 2022
2022 By-election: Asansol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shatrughan Sinha 6,56,358 56.62 21.43
BJP Agnimitra Paul 3,53,149 30.46 20.70
CPI(M) Partha Mukherjee 90,412 7.80 0.72
INC Prasenjit Puitandy 15,035 1.30 0.40
NOTA None of the above 12,702 1.11 0.06
Majority 3,03,209 +16.36
Turnout 11,59,229
Registered electors 16,15,865
AITC gain from BJP Swing +13.08

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Asansol[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Babul Supriyo Baral 6,33,378 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
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

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Asansol[25][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Babul Supriyo 4,19,983 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
Independent Jyotirmoy Maity 10,227 0.89 -0.59
JMM Kanai Banerjee 5,728 0.50
Independent Sujit Kar 5,016 0.44
IUML Md. Reyazuddin 4,947 0.43
BSP Jarasandha Sinha 4,663 0.41 -1.21
BMP Atul Chandra Bouri 4,256 0.37
SUCI(C) Ananta Lal Gupta 3,115 0.27
Gareeb Aadmi Party Md. Mustaqim 2,450 0.21
JDP Buro Murmu 2,434 0.21
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

General election 2009
General Election, 2009: Asansol[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bansa Gopal Chowdhury 4,35,161 48.69
AITC Moloy Ghatak 3,62,205 40.53
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

General elections 1957-2014

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1957 629,589 39.83 Mono Mohan Das 29.6 Congress
Atulya Ghosh 26.01 Congress Ambuja Bhusan Bose 20.02 Independent[11]
1962 188,922 41.56 Atulya Ghosh 38.84 Congress Ket Narayan Misra 33.99 CPI[11]
1967 255,556 57.56 Deben Sen 40.56 SSP J.N.Mukhopadhyay 37.71 Congress[12]
1971 280,338 51.64 Robin Sen 49.38 CPI(M) Narayan Choudhury 36.81 Congress[13]
1977 2,87,230 44.38 Robin Sen 59.07 CPI(M) Syed Mohd. Jalal 32.97 Congress[14]
1980 4,23,790 55.52 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay 49.21 Congress Robin Sen 40.55 CPI(M)[15]
1984 6,25,070 69.94 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay 55.18 Congress Bamapada Mukherjee 40.87 CPI(M)[16]
1989 7,71,580 69.86 Haradhan Roy 49.59 CPI(M) Pradip Bhattacharjee 43.99 Congress[17]
1991 7,22,290 64.13 Haradhan Roy 45.13 CPI(M) Deba Prosad Roy 31.61 Congress[18]
1996 8,41,740 69.69 Haradhan Roy 46.37 CPI(M) Sukumar Bandopadhyay 40.60 Congress[19]
1998 8,83,830 71.12 Bikash Chowdhury 41.09 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 38.07 Trinamool Congress[20]
1999 8,29,150 65.52 Bikash Chowdhury 46.27 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 41.63 Trinamool Congress[21]
2004 7,26,480 66.52 Bikash Chowdhury 51.00 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 33.85 Trinamool Congress[22]
2005 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak Trinamool Congress[23]
2009 893,477 71.49 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak Trinamool Congress[24]
2014 11,42,395 77.40 Babul Supriyo 36.76 BJP Dola Sen 30.59 Trinamool Congress[25]

See also

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