Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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For the constituency in Madhya Pradesh, see Ashok Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Ashoknagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Ashoknagar is located in West Bengal
Ashoknagar
Ashoknagar
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 101
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 17. Barasat
Electorate (year) 192,589 (2011)

Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh municipality, and Habra II community development block.[1]

Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Ashoknagar Sadhan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India[2]
1969 Sadhan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India[3]
1971 Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972 Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya Independent[5]
1977 Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982 Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987 Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991 Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996 Nirode Roy Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1999By Badal Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party[11]
2001 Sarmista Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006 Satyasebi Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011 Dhiman Roy All India Trinamool Congress[14]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ashoknagar constituency[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress 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) Liberation Jayasri Das 1,783
BSP Tarakeswar Hawlader 1,428
Independent Tapas Roy 1,344
Independent Uttam Kumar Raha 6,000
Turnout 170,533 88.55
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 13.43#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 Increase23
Congress 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease16
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1
Communist Party of India 1 Increase1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)


1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[13]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 are being mentioned. Sarmista Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutt of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[12]Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996.[10]Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991,[9]1987,[8]1982[7]and 1977.[6][16]

1967-1972

Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya, Independent, won in 1972.[5]Nani Kar of CPI(M) won in 1971.[4]Sadhan Kumar Sen of CPI won in 1969[3]and 1967.[2]Prior to that the Ashoknagar seat was not there.

References

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