Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Ashoknagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 101 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Ashoknagar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| LS constituency | Barasat |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 257,180 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 101 Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh municipality, and Habra II community development block.[1]
Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Sadhan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India[2] | |
| 1969 | Sadhan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India[3] | |
| 1971 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1972 | Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya | Independent[5] | |
| 1977 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1982 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1987 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1991 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1996 | Nirode Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1999 Bye Election | Badal Bhattacharya | Bharatiya Janata Party[11] | |
| 2001 | Sarmistha Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 2006 | Satyasebi Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2011 | Dhiman Roy | All India Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| 2016 | Dhiman Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Narayan Goswami | All India Trinamool Congress | |
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Narayan Goswami | 93,587 | 43.18 | −6.8 | |
| BJP | Tanuja Chakraborty | 70,055 | 32.32 | 24.95 | |
| ISF | Tapas Banerjee | 45,795 | 21.13 | 21.13 | |
| BSP | Jagadish Ray | 1,053 | 0.49 | −0.32 | |
| Turnout | 210,490 | 81.77 | −4.63 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dhiman Roy | 98,042 | 49.98 | −5.41 | |
| CPI(M) | Satyasebi Kar | 75,143 | 38.30 | −0.85 | |
| BJP | Tanuja Chakraborty | 16,429 | 8.37 | 5.93 | |
| BSP | Tarakeswar Hawlader | 1,582 | 0.81 | ||
| RPI(A) | Ajit Kumar Sarkar | 1,339 | 0.68 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jayasri Das | 1,262 | 0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 196,181 | 86.40 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
editIn the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dhiman Roy | 94,451 | 55.39 | 6.30# | |
| CPI(M) | Satyasebi Kar | 66,759 | 39.15 | −6.93 | |
| BJP | Gopal Nandi | 4,168 | 2.44 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jayasri Das | 1,783 | |||
| BSP | Tarakeswar Hawlader | 1,428 | |||
| Independent | Tapas Roy | 1,344 | |||
| Independent | Uttam Kumar Raha | 6,000 | |||
| Turnout | 170,533 | 88.55 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 13.43# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
editIn the 2006 election, Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of All India Trinamool Congress .
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Satyasebi Kar | 73,250 | |||
| AITC | Dhiman Roy | 71,450 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
1967–1972
editKeshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972.[5] Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971.[4] Sadhan Kumar Sen of CPI won in 1969[3] and 1967.[2] Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.
1977–2006
editIn the 2006 state assembly elections,[13] Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) won the Ashoknagar assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of 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.[12] Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996.[10] Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991,[9] 1987,[8] 1982[7] and 1977.[6][16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Bypoll results: West Bengal Assembly now has a BJP MLA". India Today 16 September 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ashoknagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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