# Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency

Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 280 Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 38-39, 56-57, 75, 77-87, 94-98, 106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block.
Asansol Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party | Party |
| 1951 | Asansol | Atindra Nath Bose | Forward Bloc (Ruikar) |
| 1957 | | Shibdas Ghatak | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Lokesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Lokesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Niranjan Dihidar | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Prabuddha Laha | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | | Goutam Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Tapas Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | | Kalyan Banerjee | Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Asansol Dakshin | Tapas Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Tapas Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Agnimitra Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 1951-1972

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.

### 1977-2006

In the 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.

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Tapas Banerjee | 89,645 | 55.75 | +10.74 |
| | CPI(M) | Ashok Kumar Mukherjee | 61,104 | 38.00 | −9.13 |
| | BJP | Pawan Kumar Singh | 6,706 | 4.17 | |
| | JD(U) | Nirajlal Yadav | 3,356 | 2.09 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,541 | 17.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,60,879 | 78.69 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +20.57# | |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Asansol constituency.

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Tapas Banerjee | 71,515 | 38.54 | −17.21 |
| | CPI(M) | Hemant Prabhakar | 57,232 | 30.84 | −7.16 |
| | BJP | Col. Diptansu Choudhury | 49,199 | 26.51 | +22.34 |
| | BMP | Chhoton Ruidas | 2,096 | 1.12 | N/A |
| | JDP | Sukanta Hembram | 1,601 | 0.86 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,911 | 2.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,283 | 7.70 | −10.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,85,704 | 75.07 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -5.03 | |

### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 87,881 | 45.13 | +18.62 |
| | AITC | Saayoni Ghosh | 83,394 | 42.82 | +4.28 |
| | CPI(M) | Prashanta Ghosh | 15,720 | 8.20 | −22.64 |
| | BSP | Singhasan Paswan | 2,847 | 1.67 | |
| | BMUP | Shiuli Ruidas | 1,157 | 0.57 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,466 | 1.78 | −0.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,487 | 2.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,94,943 | 71.08 | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |