Asansol Lok Sabha constituency

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Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)
আসানসোল লোকসভা কেন্দ্র
Indian electoral constituency
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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 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.”[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]

Iisco Steel Plant, in this constituency, is being modernised and expanded with an investment of around Rs. 17,000 crores, the single largest investment in the state. The plant is ready for commissioning in 2014.[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]

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

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Second 1957-62 Asansol Mono Mohan Das Indian National Congress[9]
Atulya Ghosh Indian National Congress[9]
Third 1962-67 Atulya Ghosh Indian National Congress [10]
Fourth 1967-71 Deben Sen Samyukta Socialist Party[11]
Fifth 1971-77 Robin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Sixth 1977-80 Robin Sen Commuunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Seventh 1980-84 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[14]
Eighth 1984-89 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[15]
Ninth 1989-91 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Tenth 1991-96 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Eleventh 1996-98 Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Twelfth 1998-99 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[20]
Fourteenth 2004-05 Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[21]
2005-09 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[22]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[23]
Sixteenth 2014-incumbent Babul Supriyo Baral Bharatiya Janata Party[24]

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

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Asansol[24][25]
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 -11.94

Template:West Bengal 2014 election summary

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Asansol[23]
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 In 05 September 2005.Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress.

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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[10]
1962 188,922 41.56 Atulya Ghosh 38.84 Congress Ket Narayan Misra 33.99 CPI[10]
1967 255,556 57.56 Deben Sen 40.56 SSP J.N.Mukhopadhyay 37.71 Congress[11]
1971 280,338 51.64 Robin Sen 49.38 CPI(M) Narayan Choudhury 36.81 Congress[12]
1977 2,87,230 44.38 Robin Sen 59.07 CPI(M) Syed Mohd. Jalal 32.97 Congress[13]
1980 4,23,790 55.52 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay 49.21 Congress Robin Sen 40.55 CPI(M)[14]
1984 6,25,070 69.94 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay 55.18 Congress Bamapada Mukherjee 40.87 CPI(M)[15]
1989 7,71,580 69.86 Haradhan Roy 49.59 CPI(M) Pradip Bhattacharjee 43.99 Congress[16]
1991 7,22,290 64.13 Haradhan Roy 45.13 CPI(M) Deba Prosad Roy 31.61 Congress[17]
1996 8,41,740 69.69 Haradhan Roy 46.37 CPI(M) Sukumar Bandopadhyay 40.60 Congress[18]
1998 8,83,830 71.12 Bikash Chowdhury 41.09 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 38.07 Trinamool Congress[19]
1999 8,29,150 65.52 Bikash Chowdhury 46.27 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 41.63 Trinamool Congress[20]
2004 7,26,480 66.52 Bikash Chowdhury 51.00 CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak 33.85 Trinamool Congress[21]
2005 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak Trinamool Congress[22]
2009 893,477 71.49 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury CPI(M) Moloy Ghatak Trinamool Congress[23]
2014 11,42,395 77.40 Babul Supriyo 36.76 BJP Dola Sen 30.59 Trinamool Congress[24]

See also

References

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