About Asansol Assembly Constituency
Asansol Dakshin is constituency No. 280 of West Bengal legislative assembly. It is situated in Bardhaman district. It is part of Lok Sabha constituency No. 40 which is Asansol. It is an open constituency.
According to the Election Commission of India, Asansol Dakshin has a total of 2,04,435 registered voters. It has 1,13,260 male and 91,175 female voters.
Tapas Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won this seat in the 2011 assembly elections. Banerjee defeated his nearest contender, CPI(M)'s Ashok Kumar Mukherjee, by a margin of 28,541 votes. While Banerjee secured 89,645 votes, Mukherjee, the runner-up, got 61,104. The voter turnout was 78.69%.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Asansol Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Asansol assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 280 | Asansol Dakshin | GEN | Tapas Banerjee | M | AITC | 89645 | Ashok Kumar Mukherjee | M | CPM | 61104 |
Last Updated on May 27, 2020