# Ashoknagar Assembly constituency

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.
Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1967 | Sadhan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Sadhan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya | Independent |
| 1977 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Nirode Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 Bye Election | Badal Bhattacharya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2001 | Sarmistha Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Satyasebi Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Dhiman Roy | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Dhiman Roy | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Narayan Goswami | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 210,490 | 81.77 | −4.63 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 196,181 | 86.40 | |
| | AITC hold | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 170,533 | 88.55 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | 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 | CPI(M) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |

### 1967–1972

Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972. Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sadhan Kumar Sen of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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. Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996. Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.