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ASANSOL
(WEST BURDWAN)
Assembly Constituencies
Pandaveswar
Raniganj
Jamuria
Asansol Dakshin
Asansol Uttar
Kulti
Barabani
All the seven assembly segments of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Paschim Bardhaman district.
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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."[2] The New Indian Express said that the constituency was dotted with coal mines and 50% of the electorate was Hindi speaking.[3] The Statesman has put the proportion of non-Bengali voters in the constituency at 36%.[4]
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.”[5]
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The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, in this constituency, was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores.[6] As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.
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Assembly segments[edit]
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Pandaveswar (assembly constituency no. 275)
Raniganj (assembly constituency no. 278)
Jamuria (assembly constituency no. 279)
Asansol Dakshin (assembly constituency no. 280)
Asansol Uttar (assembly constituency no. 281)
Kulti (assembly constituency no. 282)
Barabani (assembly constituency no. 283)
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2019
BJP
Babul Supriyo Baral
6,33,378
51.16
AITC
Moon Moon Sen
4,35,741
35.19
CPI (M)
Gouranga Chattopadhyay
87,608
7.08
INC
Biswarup Mondal
21,038
1.7
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2014
BJP
Babul Supriyo
4,19,983
36.75
AITC
Dola Sen
3,49,503
30.58
CPI (M)
Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
2,55,829
22.39
INC
Indrani Mishra
48,502
4.24
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2009
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cpm
mansa Gopal Chowdhury
4,35,161
48.69
AITC
Moloy Ghatak
3,62,205
40.53
BJP
Suryya Ray
49,646
5.56
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