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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{for multi|the constituency in [[Madhya Pradesh]]|Ashok Nagar Assembly constituency | Municipality in [[North 24 Parganas]]|Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ashoknagar
| 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/Ashoknagar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ashoknagar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Dr. Sumay Hira]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by =[[Narayan Goswami]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| constituency_no = 101
| established = 1967
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Ashoknagar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Pie chart
| value1 = 50
| value2 = 18.75
| value3 = 12.5
| value4 = 6.25
| value5 = 12.5
| label1 = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (8 times)
| label2 = [[All India Trinamool Congress |All India Trinamool Congress]] (3 times)
| label3 = [[Communist Party of India]] (2 times)
| label4 = [[Independent politician]] (1 time)
| label5= [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2 time)
| color1 = {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| color2 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
| color3 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}}
| color4 = {{party color|[[Independent politician]]}}
|color5 = {{party color| Bhartiya Janata Party}}
| caption = Most Successful parties from Ashoknagar assembly
}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 101 Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Ashoknagar Kalyangarh]] municipality, and [[Habra II (Community development block)|Habra II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|Sadhan Kumar Sen
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Nani Kar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|Nani Kar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Nirode Roy Choudhury
|-
|1999^
|[[Badal Bhattacharya]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Sarmistha Dutta
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Satyasebi Kar
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Dhiman Roy]]
|{{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]]
|[[Narayan Goswami]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| Dr. Sumay Hira
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ashoknagar}}[[Narayan Goswami]] faced severe backlash in January 2025 for inappropriate behavior and indecent comments during a cultural event in Ashoknagar, leading to a show-cause notice from the party. He apologized for his remarks, admitting guilt and submitting a written response to the party leadership.{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Sumay Hira|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=96,807|percentage=44.05|change={{Up}}11.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Narayan Goswami]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=87,399|percentage=39.77|change={{Down}}3.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tapas Banerjee|party=Indian Secular Front|votes=29,493{{formatnum:}}|percentage=13.42|change={{Down}}7.71}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Angshuman Roy|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,417|percentage=0.64|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tapas Banerjee|party=Independent|votes=1,285|percentage=0.58|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tarakeswar Hawlader|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=658|percentage=0.3|change={{Down}}0.19}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tarak Das|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|votes=628{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.29|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sikha Ghosh|party=Janata Unnayan Party|votes=610|percentage=0.28|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,161|percentage=0.53|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=9,408|percentage=4.28|change={{Down}}3.11}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,19,757{{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing = 9408
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title= 2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Narayan Goswami]]
|votes = 93,587
|percentage = 43.18
|change = {{Down}}6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Tanuja Chakraborty|votes=78031|percentage=32.32|change={{Up}}24.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Secular Front|candidate=Tapas Banerjee|votes=45,795|percentage=21.13|change={{New}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jagadish Ray|votes=1,053|percentage=0.49|change={{Down}}0.32}}
{{Election box majority||votes=15,556|percentage=7.39|change={{Down}}4.28}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=210,490|percentage=81.77|change={{Down}}4.63}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Ashoknagar constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Dhiman Roy|votes=98,042|percentage=49.98|change={{Down}}5.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Satyasebi Kar|votes=75,143|percentage=38.30|change={{Down}}0.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Tanuja Chakraborty|votes=16,429|percentage=8.37|change={{Up}}5.93}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Tarakeswar Hawlader|votes=1,582|percentage=0.81|change={{Down}}0.03}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = RPI(A)
|candidate = Ajit Kumar Sarkar
|votes = 1,339
|percentage = 0.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Jayasri Das|votes=1,262|percentage=0.64|change={{Down}}0.41}}
{{Election box majority||votes=22,899|percentage=11.67|change={{Down}}4.57}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=196,181|percentage=86.40|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Ashoknagar constituency<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=101| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191709/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=101| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Ashoknagar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Dhiman Roy|votes=94,451|percentage=55.39|change=+6.30#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Satyasebi Kar|votes=66,759|percentage=39.15|change=-6.93}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Gopal Nandi|votes=4,168|percentage=2.44|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Jayasri Das|votes=1,783|percentage=1.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Tarakeswar Hawlader|votes=1,428|percentage=0.84|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tapas Roy
|votes = 1,344
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Uttam Kumar Raha
|votes = 6,000
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=27,692|percentage=16.24|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=170,533|percentage=88.55|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 13.43#
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Satyasebi Kar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Ashoknagar assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Sarmistha Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutt of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Badal Bhattacharya of BJP defeated Rekha Goswami of CPIM in the 1999 Bye election, caused by the death of sitting MLA, Nirode Roy Chowdhury.<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996.<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991,<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> 1987,<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp88.htm |title =88 - Ashokenagar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1967–1972===
Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972.<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Sadhan Kumar Sen of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1969<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]

Ashoknagar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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