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 Paschim 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." The New Indian Express said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking. The Statesman has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%.
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."
The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores. As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.
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: # Name District MLA, from 2026MLA's Party2024 Lok Sabha Lead275PandabeswarPaschim BardhamanJitendra Tiwari278RaniganjPartha Ghosh279JamuriaBijan Mukherjee280Asansol DakshinAgnimitra Paul281Asansol UttarKrishnendu Mukherjee282KultiAjay Poddar283BarabaniArijit Roy
Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: 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 YearMemberParty1957Mono Mohan DasAtulya Ghosh1962Atulya Ghosh1967Deben Sen1971Robin Sen19771980Ananda Gopal Mukherjee19841989Haradhan Roy199119961998Bikash Chowdhury199920042005^Bansa Gopal Chowdhury20092014Babul Supriyo20192022^Shatrughan Sinha2024^By-Poll
Note: In 1951 the Asansol area was part of Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency. In 1957, it was double seat constituency.
Election results
2024
2022 By-election
2019
2014
2009
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 On 5 September 2005.Bansa Gopal Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Moloy Ghatak of Trinamool Congress.
2004
1999
1998
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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