Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1957-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Babul Supriyo |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,469,684[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Pandaveswar Raniganj Jamuria Asansol Dakshin Asansol Uttar Kulti Barabani |
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]
- Pandaveswar (assembly constituency no. 275)
- Raniganj (assembly constituency no. 278)
- Jamuria (assembly constituency no. 279)
- Asansol Dakshin (assembly constituency no. 280)
- Asansol Uttar (assembly constituency no. 281)
- Kulti (assembly constituency no. 282)
- Barabani (assembly constituency no. 283)
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Babul Supriyo | 4,19,983 | 36.75 | +31.19 | |
| Trinamool Congress | 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 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,35,161 | 48.69 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | 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.
]]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,10,740 | 61.33 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | 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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