# Asansol Lok Sabha constituency

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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 275 | Pandabeswar | Paschim Bardhaman | Narendranath Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 278 | Raniganj | Paschim Bardhaman | Tapas Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 279 | Jamuria | Paschim Bardhaman | Hareram Singh | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 280 | Asansol Dakshin | Paschim Bardhaman | Agnimitra Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 281 | Asansol Uttar | Paschim Bardhaman | Moloy Ghatak | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 282 | Kulti | Paschim Bardhaman | Ajay Kumar Poddar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 283 | Barabani | Paschim Bardhaman | Bidhan Upadhyay | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
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

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party |
| Second | 1957-62 | Mono Mohan Das | Indian National Congress |
| Second | 1957-62 | Atulya Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Atulya Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Deben Sen | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Robin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Robin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fourteenth | 2004-05 | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fourteenth | 2005^-2009 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Babul Supriyo Baral | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Seventeenth | 2019-22 | Babul Supriyo Baral | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Seventeenth | 2022^–24 | Shatrughan Sinha | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024–Incumbent | Shatrughan Sinha | Trinamool Congress |
^By-Poll
Note: In 1951 the Asansol area was part of Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency. In 1957, it was double seat constituency.

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Asansol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Shatrughan Sinha | 605,000 | 51.01 | Template:No Change |
| | CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | 480,003 | 40.01 | 30.50 |
| | BJP | S. S. Ahluwalia | 120,000 | 8.14 | 36.34 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 15,510 | 1.19 | 0.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,24,997 | 9.78 | 21.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,301,540 | 73.52 | 6.78 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,00,201 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2022 by-election

By-election, 2022: Asansol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Shatrughan Sinha | 656,358 | 56.62 | 21.43 |
| | BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 353,149 | 30.46 | 20.70 |
| | CPI(M) | Partha Mukherjee | 90,412 | 7.80 | 0.72 |
| | INC | Prasenjit Puitandy | 15,035 | 1.30 | 0.40 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 12,702 | 1.11 | 0.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,03,209 | 26.16 | +16.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,59,764 | 66.74 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,37,819 | | |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | +13.08 | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Asansol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Babul Supriyo Baral | 633,378 | 51.16 | +14.41 |
| | AITC | Moon Moon Sen | 4,35,741 | 35.19 | +4.61 |
| | CPI(M) | Gouranga Chattopadhyay | 87,608 | 7.08 | −15.31 |
| | INC | Biswarup Mondal | 21,038 | 1.7 | −2.54 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 14,447 | 1.17 | +0.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,97,637 | 15.97 | +9.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,38,151 | 76.62 | −1.11 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,15,865 | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +4.90 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Asansol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Babul Supriyo | 419,983 | 36.75 | +31.19 |
| | AITC | Dola Sen | 3,49,503 | 30.58 | −9.95 |
| | CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 2,55,829 | 22.39 | −26.30 |
| | INC | Indrani Mishra | 48,502 | 4.24 | |
| | Independent | Manash Sarkar | 14,263 | 1.25 | |
| | Independent | Jyotirmoy Maity | 10,227 | 0.89 | −0.59 |
| | JMM | Kanai Banerjee | 5,728 | 0.50 | |
| | Independent | Sujit Kar | 5,016 | 0.44 | |
| | IUML | Md. Reyazuddin | 4,947 | 0.43 | |
| | BSP | Jarasandha Sinha | 4,663 | 0.41 | −1.21 |
| | BMP | Atul Chandra Bouri | 4,256 | 0.37 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Ananta Lal Gupta | 3,115 | 0.27 | |
| | Gareeb Aadmi Party | Md. Mustaqim | 2,450 | 0.21 | |
| | JDP | Buro Murmu | 2,434 | 0.21 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 11,479 | 1.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70,480 | 6.17 | −1.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,42,395 | 77.73 | +6.24 |
| | BJP gain from CPI(M) | BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +28.75 | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Asansol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,35,161 | 48.69 | −12.64 |
| | AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 3,62,205 | 40.53 | +13.53 |
| | BJP | Suryya Ray | 49,646 | 5.56 | |
| | BSP | Ajay Singh | 14,490 | 1.62 | |
| | Independent | Jyotirmoy Maity | 13,190 | 1.48 | |
| | LJP | Goutam Das | 10,181 | 1.14 | |
| | Independent | Jarasandha Sinha | 8,831 | 0.99 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72,956 | 8.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,93,704 | 71.49 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### 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.
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2005: Asansol constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | 4,10,740 | 61.33 | |
| | AITC | Moloy Ghatak | 1,80,799 | 27.00 | |
| | INC | Provat Goswami | 52,570 | 7.85 | |
| | Independent | Shakti Ranjan Mondal | 12,912 | 1.93 | |
| | Independent | Kanchan Kumar Chakraborty | 12,719 | 1.89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,29,941 | 60% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | −6.7 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | +21.27 | |

### General elections 1957-2014

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | %age | Party | Runners up | %age | Party |
| 1957 | 629,589 | 39.83 | Mono Mohan Das | 29.6 | Congress | | | |
| | | | Atulya Ghosh | 26.01 | Congress | Ambuja Bhusan Bose | 20.02 | Independent |
| 1962 | 188,922 | 41.56 | Atulya Ghosh | 38.84 | Congress | Ket Narayan Misra | 33.99 | CPI |
| 1967 | 255,556 | 57.56 | Deben Sen | 40.56 | SSP | J.N.Mukhopadhyay | 37.71 | Congress |
| 1971 | 280,338 | 51.64 | Robin Sen | 49.38 | CPI(M) | Narayan Choudhury | 36.81 | Congress |
| 1977 | 2,87,230 | 44.38 | Robin Sen | 59.07 | CPI(M) | Syed Mohd. Jalal | 32.97 | Congress |
| 1980 | 4,23,790 | 55.52 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay | 49.21 | Congress | Robin Sen | 40.55 | CPI(M) |
| 1984 | 6,25,070 | 69.94 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadyay | 55.18 | Congress | Bamapada Mukherjee | 40.87 | CPI(M) |
| 1989 | 7,71,580 | 69.86 | Haradhan Roy | 49.59 | CPI(M) | Pradip Bhattacharjee | 43.99 | Congress |
| 1991 | 7,22,290 | 64.13 | Haradhan Roy | 45.13 | CPI(M) | Deba Prosad Roy | 31.61 | Congress |
| 1996 | 8,41,740 | 69.69 | Haradhan Roy | 46.37 | CPI(M) | Sukumar Bandopadhyay | 40.60 | Congress |
| 1998 | 8,83,830 | 71.12 | Bikash Chowdhury | 41.09 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 38.07 | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | 8,29,150 | 65.52 | Bikash Chowdhury | 46.27 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 41.63 | Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | 7,26,480 | 66.52 | Bikash Chowdhury | 51.00 | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | 33.85 | Trinamool Congress |
| 2005 | | | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2009 | 893,477 | 71.49 | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | | CPI(M) | Moloy Ghatak | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2014 | 11,42,395 | 77.40 | Babul Supriyo | 36.76 | BJP | Dola Sen | 30.59 | Trinamool Congress |