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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Asansol Uttar
| type= SLA
| 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 Uttar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Asansol Uttar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| constituency_no = 281
| established = 1951
| electors = 198,342
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 281 Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency covers Ward Nos. 13-15, 20-31, 40-55, 76 of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |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 }}</ref>

Asansol Uttar assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
!colspan="4"|Asansol
|-
| [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Atindra Nath Bose
| {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Ruikar)}}
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Shibdas Ghatak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Bijoy Pal
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2"|Lokesh Ghosh
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Niranjan Dihidar
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| [[Haradhan Roy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| Bijoy Pal
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| [[Prabuddha Laha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| Goutam Roy Choudhury
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| [[Tapas Banerjee]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Asansol Uttar
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Moloy Ghatak]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results==

===1951-1972===
In 1972, Niranjan Dihidar of [[Communist Party of India]] won the seat. In 1969 and 1971, Dr. Lokesh Ghosh of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]], Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]], it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Atindra Nath Bose of [[All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]] won the seat defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.<ref>Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, ''Asansol Parikrama'' (History of Asansol), {{in lang|bn}}, pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.</ref>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI (M)) won the Asansol seat, defeating his nearest rival Kalyan Banerjee of the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. In 2001, Kalyan Banerjee had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhuri of CPI (M). In 1996, Tapas Banerjee of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1991, Goutam Roy Choudhury had won the seat defeating Bajrangi Gupta of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). In 1987, [[Prabuddha Laha]] of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1982, Bejoy Pal of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Banerjee of Congress. In 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp260.htm | title = 260 - Asansol Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}</ref>

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol|Asansol Uttar]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25281.htm |title = Asansol Uttar |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516050908/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25281.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=281| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222837/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=281| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Asansol Uttar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Asansol Uttar |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |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=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
|votes = 96,011
|percentage = 62.14
|change = +11.26#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ranu Roychowdhury
|votes = 48,218
|percentage = 31.21
|change = -17.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Madan Mohan Choubey
|votes = 6,750
|percentage = 4.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Bijay Prasad Singh
|votes = 3,536
|percentage = 2.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 47,793
|percentage = 30.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,54,631
|percentage = 76.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +29.17
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol|Asansol Uttar]]<ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/asansol-uttar-constituency-s25a281/| title= Asansol Uttar |work= Check 2016 result | publisher = CNBC TV18 |accessdate =13 May 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
|votes = 84,715
|percentage = 46.12
|change = -16.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nirmal Karmakar
|votes = 60,818
|percentage = 33.11
|change = +28.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Indrani Mishra
|votes = 31,892
|percentage = 17.36
|change = -13.85#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Dipali Ruidas
|votes = 2,178
|percentage = 1.18
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate = Shyama Charan Dutta
|votes = 1,268
|percentage = 0.69
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,795
|percentage = 1.52
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 23,897
|percentage = 13.01
|change = -17.92
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,83,844
|percentage = 73.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -22.38
}}
{{Election box end}}

# #Joint candidate of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[JD(U)]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]], [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. As the CPI(M) contested the previous election, the performance of this candidate is based on the previous election

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Asansol|Asansol Uttar]] <ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/asansol-uttar-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Asansol Uttar Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |accessdate =13 May 2021 }}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Moloy Ghatak |votes=1,00,931|percentage=52.32|change=+19.14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Krishnendu Mukherjee |votes=79,821|percentage=41.38|change=+31.24}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian Secular Front |candidate=Mohammad Mustaquim|votes=4,471|percentage=2.32|change=-85.98}}
{{Election box candidate||party= [[Independent politician|IND]]|candidate=Sunil Thakur |votes=1,673|percentage=0.87|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|candidate=Danish Aziz|votes=1,514|percentage=0.78|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 21,110|percentage=11.12|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 1,93,167|percentage=70.04|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Asansol Uttar}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Asansol]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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