Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Asansol Dakshin
Asansol Dakshin
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Asansol Dakshin Location in West Bengal Asansol Dakshin Asansol Dakshin (India)
	Coordinates: 23°40′N 86°56′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.	280
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	40. Asansol
Electorate (year)	203,289 (2011)

Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It covers most of the area earlier under Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, there are two constituencies, namely Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). No. 281 Asansol Uttar covers ward nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 17, 19, 21 to 33 of Asansol municipal corporation. No. 280 Asansol Dakshin covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of Asansol municipal corporation and Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj community development block.[1]

Asansol Uttar and Asansol Dakshin assembly segments are part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Dakshin
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			14,283	7.70	-10.05
Turnout			185,554
	AITC hold		Swing	-5.03

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Asansol Dakshin [2][3][4]
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
Turnout			160,811	79.1
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+20.57#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Hirapur constituency.


West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011 Bardhaman district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	15	13
Indian National Congress	1	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	13
Forward bloc	1	0
Marxist Forward Bloc	0	1

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
"Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Asansol Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

[2] "Asansol Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Asansol Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Asansol Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.