Ashoknagar
Constituency No. 101 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Ashoknagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarasat
Established1967
Total electors257,180
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As 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

Election Member Party
1967Sadhan Kumar SenCommunist Party of India[2]
1969Sadhan Kumar SenCommunist Party of India[3]
1971Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972Keshab Chandra BhattacharyaIndependent[5]
1977Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996Nirode Roy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1999 Bye ElectionBadal BhattacharyaBharatiya Janata Party[11]
2001Sarmistha DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006Satyasebi KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011Dhiman RoyAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016Dhiman RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Narayan GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Narayan Goswami 93,587 43.18 -6.8
BJP Tanuja Chakraborty 70055 32.32 +24.95
ISF Tapas Banerjee 45795 21.13 +21.13
BSP Jagadish Ray 1053 0.49 -0.32
Turnout 210490 81.77 -4.63
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency
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

In the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency[14][15]
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

In the 2006 election, Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of All India Trinamool Congress .

2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Satyasebi Kar 73,250
AITC Dhiman Roy 71,450
CPI(M) hold Swing {{{swing}}}

1967–1972

Keshab 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

In 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 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

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bypoll results: West Bengal Assembly now has a BJP MLA". India Today 16 September 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ashoknagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  16. ↑ "88 - Ashokenagar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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