https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Asansol_Dakshin_Assembly_constituency Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-07-31T03:26:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Asansol_Dakshin_Assembly_constituency&diff=487811&oldid=prev Mohammad.Fahim at 19:56, 6 May 2026 2026-05-06T19:56:54Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Asansol Dakshin<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300 | frame-height=300|frame-align=center | type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Asansol Dakshin.map}}<br /> | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Dakshin Assembly Constituency<br /> | map_alt = <br /> | mla = [[Agnimitra Paul]]<br /> | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br /> | latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> | state = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency|Asansol]]<br /> | constituency_no = 280<br /> | established = 1951<br /> | electors = 203,289<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> 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 of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]] and Amrasota, Egara, [[Ballavpur]], [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)|Jemari]] and Tirat gram panchayats of [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] CD Block.&lt;ref name=delimitation&gt;{{cite web |url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=21 August 2010 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Asansol Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&lt;ref name =delimitation /&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Member<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Party<br /> |-<br /> ! colspan=&quot;4&quot; | &#039;&#039;Asansol&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br /> | Atindra Nath Bose<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|dab=yes}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> | Shibdas Ghatak<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> | Bijoy Pal<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> | Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; | Lokesh Ghosh<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> | Niranjan Dihidar<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> | [[Haradhan Roy]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br /> | Bijoy Pal<br /> |-<br /> | [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br /> | [[Prabuddha Laha]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> | Goutam Roy Choudhury<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> | [[Tapas Banerjee]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> | [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> | Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br /> |-<br /> ! colspan=&quot;4&quot; | &#039;&#039;Asansol Dakshin&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; | [[Tapas Banerjee]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; | [[Agnimitra Paul]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party |rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> <br /> ===2026===<br /> {{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Asansol Dakshin}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Agnimitra Paul]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=119,582|percentage=55.42|change={{increase}}10.29}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Tapas Banerjee]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=78,743|percentage=36.49|change={{decrease}}6.33}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shilpi Chakraborty|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=10,390|percentage=4.81|change={{decrease}}3.39}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Souvik Mukherjee|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,367|percentage=0.63|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dipika Bauri|party=Independent|votes=1,304|percentage=0.60|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Asgar Ali|party=Independent|votes=789|percentage=0.37|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Anup Bhattacharya|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|votes=391|percentage=0.18|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bibekananda Sadhu|party=Amra Bangalee|votes=369|percentage=0.17|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=2,857|percentage=1.32|change={{decrease}}0.46}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=40,839|percentage=18.92|change={{increase}}16.58}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=2,15,792|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = BJP<br /> |loser = <br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2021===<br /> {{Election box begin<br /> | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol]] Dakshin}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Agnimitra Paul]] | votes=87,881|percentage= 45.13|change=+18.62}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Saayoni Ghosh]] | votes=83,394|percentage=42.82|change=+4.28}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Prashanta Ghosh|votes=15,720|percentage= 8.20|change=-22.64}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Singhasan Paswan|votes=2,847|percentage= 1.67|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate||party=BMUP|candidate=Shiuli Ruidas|votes=1,157|percentage= 0.57|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,466|percentage=1.78|change=-0.78}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=4,487|percentage=2.34|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes= 1,94,943|percentage=71.08|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |loser = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2016===<br /> {{Election box begin<br /> | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol]] Dakshin}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link<br /> |party = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |candidate = [[Tapas Banerjee]]<br /> |votes = 71,515<br /> |percentage = 38.54<br /> |change = -17.21<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |candidate = Hemant Prabhakar<br /> |votes = 57,232<br /> |percentage = 30.84<br /> |change = -7.16<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |candidate = Col. Diptansu Choudhury<br /> |votes = 49,199<br /> |percentage = 26.51<br /> |change = +22.34<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Bahujan Mukti Party<br /> |candidate = Chhoton Ruidas<br /> |votes = 2,096<br /> |percentage = 1.12<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = Jharkhand Disom Party<br /> |candidate = Sukanta Hembram<br /> |votes = 1,601<br /> |percentage = 0.86<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> |party = None of the above<br /> |candidate = None of the above<br /> |votes = 3,911<br /> |percentage = 2.10<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority<br /> |votes = 14,283<br /> |percentage = 7.70<br /> |change = -10.05<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout<br /> |votes = 1,85,704<br /> |percentage = 75.07<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = -5.03<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2011===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol]] Dakshin&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25280.htm |title=Asansol Dakshin |work=Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516050903/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25280.htm |url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=280 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222856/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=280 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 May 2012 |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Asansol Dakshin |publisher=Empowering India |access-date=9 May 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Asansol Dakshin |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=9 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ... (unchanged table continues exactly as is)<br /> <br /> ===1977-2006===<br /> (unchanged)<br /> <br /> ===1951-1972===<br /> (unchanged)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}<br /> {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Asansol]]<br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br /> [[Category:Year of establishment missing]]</div> Mohammad.Fahim