Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It covers most of the area earlier under Asansol constituency. There is another constituency named Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency.
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Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Constituency No. | 281 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 40. Asansol |
Electorate (year) | 198,342(2011) |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, there are two constituencies, namely Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency and Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency. No. 281 Asansol Uttar covers Wards 13-15,20-31,40-55,76 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Ward nos. 1-8,10-17,19,21-33 of Asansol municipal corporation). [1]
Asansol Uttar and Asansol Dakshin assembly segments are part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
The United News of India (UNI) has been candid about the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal (the area covered by the Asansol Lok Sabha Sabha constituency) 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. 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.”[2]
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Asansol | Atindra Nath Bose | Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3] |
1957 | Shibdas Ghatak | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1962 | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India[5] | |
1967 | Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra | Indian National Congress [6] | |
1969 | Lokesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1971 | Lokesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8] | |
1972 | Niranjan Dihidar | Communist Party of India [9] | |
1977 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1982 | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1987 | Prabuddha Laha | Indian National Congress [12] | |
1991 | Goutam Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13] | |
1996 | Tapas Banerjee | Indian National Congress [14] | |
2001 | Kalyan Banerjee | Trinamool Congress[15] | |
2006 | Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] | |
2011 | Asansol Uttar | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress[17] |
2016 | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress[18] | |
2021 | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress [19] |
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, Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In 1957, it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Atindra Nath Bose of Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won the seat defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.[20]
In 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 Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners 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.[21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 96,011 | 62.14 | +11.26# | |
CPI(M) | Ranu Roychowdhury | 48,218 | 31.21 | -17.91 | |
BJP | Madan Mohan Choubey | 6,750 | 4.37 | ||
JD(U) | Bijay Prasad Singh | 3,536 | 2.29 | ||
Majority | 47,793 | 30.93 | |||
Turnout | 1,54,631 | 76.86 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +29.17 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 84,715 | 46.12 | -16.02 | |
BJP | Nirmal Karmakar | 60,818 | 33.11 | +28.74 | |
INC | Indrani Mishra | 31,892 | 17.36 | -13.85# | |
BMP | Dipali Ruidas | 2,178 | 1.18 | N/A | |
ABHM | Shyama Charan Dutta | 1,268 | 0.69 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,795 | 1.52 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,897 | 13.01 | -17.92 | ||
Turnout | 1,83,844 | 73.68 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | -22.38 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 1,00,931 | 52.32 | +19.14 | |
BJP | Krishnendu Mukherjee | 79,821 | 41.38 | +31.24 | |
ISF | Mohammad Mustaquim | 4,471 | 2.32 | -85.98 | |
IND | Sunil Thakur | 1,673 | 0.87 | ||
AIMIM | Danish Aziz | 1,514 | 0.78 | ||
Majority | 21,110 | 11.12 | |||
Turnout | 1,93,167 | 70.04 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | ||||
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