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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|name = Asansol
|image = File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg
|caption = Current [[MP]] [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
|Existence = 1957
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
|ElectedByYear = 2022
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Pandabeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandabeswar]] [[Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raniganj]] [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamuria]] [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]] [[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]] [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]] [[Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barabani]]
|Electorate = 16,15,865<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>
|SuccessfulParty=[[CPIM]] (10 times)}}

'''Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|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]].

==Overview==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''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."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://thestatesman.net/news/53121-Supriyo-makes-it-tricky-for-TMC--Left.html?page=2 |title =Supriyo makes it tricky for TMC, Left |work = Bengal | publisher = The Statesman, 6 May 2014|access-date = 13 June 2014 }}</ref> ''The New Indian Express'' said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Red-Corridors-in-West-Bengal-a-Headache-for-EC/2014/05/07/article2209572.ece |title = Red Corridors in West Bengal a Headache for EC| publisher = The New Indian Express, 7 May 2014 |access-date = 13 June 2014 }}</ref> ''The Statesman'' has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://thestatesman.net/news/52455-cm-in-damage-control-mode.html |title = CM in damage control mode| publisher =The Statesman, 1 May 2014 |access-date = 14 June 2014 }}</ref>

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.”<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.uniindia.com/eng/electiondisplay.php?sid=803&ngsystemtask=3325weare24olym54hrt56u6755uwere21archives| title = Close fight in Asansol| publisher = UNI, 28 April 2014| access-date = 13 June 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124038/http://www.uniindia.com/eng/electiondisplay.php?sid=803&ngsystemtask=3325weare24olym54hrt56u6755uwere21archives| archive-date = 14 July 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref>

The modernisation and expansion programme of [[IISCO Steel Plant]], in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores.<ref name=nation>{{cite web | url = https://www.sail.co.in/sail-press-release/pm-dedicates-nation-sail%E2%80%99s-modernised-expanded-iisco-steel-plant-burnpur | title = PM dedicates to the Nation SAIL's modernised and expanded IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur | work = Press Release dated 10 May 2015 | publisher = SAIL | access-date = 6 March 2017 | archive-date = 22 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160322122002/http://www.sail.co.in/sail-press-release/pm-dedicates-nation-sail%E2%80%99s-modernised-expanded-iisco-steel-plant-burnpur | url-status = dead }}</ref> As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sail.co.in/sail-press-release/chairman-sail-reviews-performance-isp-burnpur | title = Chairman, SAIL reviews performance of ISP, Burnpur | work = Press Release 7 March 2015 | publisher = SAIL | access-date = 30 March 2017 | archive-date = 13 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181013093334/https://www.sail.co.in/sail-press-release/chairman-sail-reviews-performance-isp-burnpur | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==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 [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments:<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 1 June 2014 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India| url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|275
|[[Pandabeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandabeswar]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
| 278
|[[Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raniganj]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|279
|[[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamuria]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|280
|[[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|281
|[[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|282
|[[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|283
|[[Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barabani]]
|None
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|}
Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 1 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]] (assembly constituency no. 257), [[Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barabani]] (assembly constituency no. 258), [[Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hirapur]] (assembly constituency no. 259), [[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol]] (assembly constituency no. 260), [[Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raniganj]] (assembly constituency no. 261), [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamuria]] (assembly constituency no. 262) and [[Ukhra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ukhra]] (SC) (assembly constituency no. 263)

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]|| rowspan="2" |1957-62||[[Mono Mohan Das]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[Atulya Ghosh]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||Atulya Ghosh||Indian National Congress <ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||[[Deben Sen]]||[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||[[Robin Sen]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||Robin Sen||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||[[Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||[[Haradhan Roy]] ||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||Haradhan Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||Haradhan Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||[[Bikash Chowdhury]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||Bikash Chowdhury||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-05||Bikash Chowdhury||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|2005-09||[[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name="byelection2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.indian-elections.com/indian-bye-elections/bye-elections-results.html|title=2005 Bye election caused by death of sitting MP|publisher=Indian Elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125055827/http://www.indian-elections.com/indian%2Dbye%2Delections/bye%2Delections%2Dresults.html|archive-date=25 November 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||Bansa Gopal Chowdhury||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-2019||[[Babul Supriyo|Babul Supriyo Baral]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 19 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-2021||Babul Supriyo Baral||Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=loksabha2019->{{cite web| url = https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal-lok-sabha-election-results-2019/asansol |title = Asansol Lok Sabha elections |work = West Bengal | publisher = NDTV Elections|access-date = 25 May 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth|By Poll]]||2022–present|| [[Shatrughan Sinha]]||[[Trinamool Congress]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/shatrughan-sinha-breaks-asansol-jinx-why-it-s-a-historic-win-for-trinamool-101650106521907.html|title=Shatrughan Sinha breaks Asansol jinx: Why it's a historic win for Trinamool Congress}}</ref>
|}

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===
{{Election box begin | title=2022 By-election: [[Asansol]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Shatrughan Sinha]]|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=6,56,358|percentage=56.62|change={{increase}}21.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Agnimitra Paul]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=3,53,149|percentage=30.46|change= {{decrease}}20.70}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Partha Mukherjee|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=90,412|percentage=7.80|change={{increase}}0.72}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Prasenjit Puitandy|party=Indian National Congress|votes=15,035|percentage=1.30|change={{decrease}}0.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=12,702|percentage=1.11|change={{decrease}}0.06}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,03,209|percentage=|change=+16.36}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=11,59,229|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,15,865
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +13.08
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Asansol]]<ref name="loksabha2019-" />}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Babul Supriyo|Babul Supriyo Baral]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 6,33,378
|percentage = 51.16
|change = +14.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate= [[Moon Moon Sen]]
|party =All India Trinamool Congress
|votes=4,35,741
|percentage=35.19
|change=+4.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Gouranga Chattopadhyay
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 87,608
|percentage = 7.08
|change = -15.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate= Biswarup Mondal
|party=Indian National Congress
|votes=21,038
|percentage=1.7
|change=-2.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 14,447
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,97,637
|percentage = 15.97
|change = +9.80
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 12,38,151
|percentage = 76.62
|change = -1.11
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,15,865
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +4.90
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|Asansol]]<ref name=loksabha2014/><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Form%207A%28English%29_06052014.pdf Form 7A(English) 06052014]''</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Babul Supriyo]]
|votes = 4,19,983
|percentage = 36.75
|change = +31.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dola Sen]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 3,49,503
|percentage = 30.58
|change = -9.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 2,55,829
|percentage = 22.39
|change = -26.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Indrani Mishra
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 48,502
|percentage = 4.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Manash Sarkar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 14,263
|percentage = 1.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Jyotirmoy Maity
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 10,227
|percentage = 0.89
|change = -0.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kanai Banerjee
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 5,728
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sujit Kar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 5,016
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Md. Reyazuddin
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|votes = 4,947
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jarasandha Sinha
|votes = 4,663
|percentage = 0.41
|change = -1.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Atul Chandra Bouri
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|votes = 4,256
|percentage = 0.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ananta Lal Gupta
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 3,115
|percentage = 0.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|candidate = Md. Mustaqim
|party = Gareeb Aadmi Party
|votes = 2,450
|percentage = 0.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Buro Murmu
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|votes = 2,434
|percentage = 0.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 11,479
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 70,480
|percentage = 6.17
|change = -1.99
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,42,395
|percentage = 77.73
|change = +6.24
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +28.75
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: [[2009 Indian general election in West Bengal|Asansol]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]
|votes = 4,35,161
|percentage = 48.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
|votes = 3,62,205
|percentage = 40.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suryya Ray
|votes = 49,646
|percentage = 5.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ajay Singh
|votes = 14,490
|percentage = 1.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Jyotirmoy Maity
|votes = 13,190
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Goutam Das
|votes = 10,181
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Jarasandha Sinha
|votes = 8,831
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 72,956
|percentage = 8.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,93,704
|percentage = 71.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2005 Bye-election===
In the Asansol seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]-[[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Bikash Chowdhury]] on 1 August 2005.
The Bye election Held On 5 September 2005.[[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Moloy Ghatak of [[Trinamool Congress]].
{{Election box begin | title=Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2005: Asansol constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]
|votes = 4,10,740
|percentage = 61.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
|votes = 1,80,799
|percentage = 27.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Provat Goswami
|votes = 52,570
|percentage = 7.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Shakti Ranjan Mondal
|votes = 12,912
|percentage = 1.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Kanchan Kumar Chakraborty
|votes = 12,719
|percentage = 1.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,29,941
|percentage = 60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 96,650
|percentage = 47.69
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +21.27
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1957-2014===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Voters
!Voter Turnout
!Winner
|
|
!Runners up
|
|
|-
|
|
!%age
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
|-
|1957
|629,589
|39.83
|[[Mono Mohan Das]]
|29.6
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|[[Atulya Ghosh]]
|26.01
|Congress
|Ambuja Bhusan Bose
|20.02
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1962
|188,922
|41.56
|Atulya Ghosh
|38.84
|Congress
|Ket Narayan Misra
|33.99
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|255,556
|57.56
|[[Deben Sen]]
|40.56
|[[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]]
|J.N.Mukhopadhyay
|37.71
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|280,338
|51.64
|[[Robin Sen]]
|49.38
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|Narayan Choudhury
|36.81
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|2,87,230
|44.38
|Robin Sen
|59.07
|CPI(M)
|Syed Mohd. Jalal
|32.97
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|4,23,790
|55.52
|[[Ananda Gopal Mukherjee|Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay]]
|49.21
|Congress
|Robin Sen
|40.55
|CPI(M)<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|6,25,070
|69.94
|Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay
|55.18
|Congress
|Bamapada Mukherjee
|40.87
|CPI(M)<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|7,71,580
|69.86
|[[Haradhan Roy]]
|49.59
|CPI(M)
|Pradip Bhattacharjee
|43.99
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|7,22,290
|64.13
|Haradhan Roy
|45.13
|CPI(M)
|Deba Prosad Roy
|31.61
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|8,41,740
|69.69
|Haradhan Roy
|46.37
|CPI(M)
|Sukumar Bandopadhyay
|40.60
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|8,83,830
|71.12
|[[Bikash Chowdhury]]
|41.09
|CPI(M)
|[[Moloy Ghatak]]
|38.07
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|8,29,150
|65.52
|Bikash Chowdhury
|46.27
|CPI(M)
|Moloy Ghatak
|41.63
|Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|7,26,480
|66.52
|Bikash Chowdhury
|51.00
|CPI(M)
|Moloy Ghatak
|33.85
|Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|-
|2005
|
|
|[[Bansa Gopal Chowdhury]]
|
|CPI(M)
|Moloy Ghatak
|
|Trinamool Congress<ref name=byelection2005/>
|-
|2009
|893,477
|71.49
|Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
|
|CPI(M)
|Moloy Ghatak
|
|Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2009/>
|-
|2014
|11,42,395
|77.40
|[[Babul Supriyo]]
|36.76
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Dola Sen]]
|30.59
|Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2014/>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}

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{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]

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