ASANSOL
Constituency no. 40 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called ASANSOL. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 1999
Bikash Chowdhury
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 1999
37,864
4.64% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
AITCAjit Ghatak (Moloy Ghatak)
- Votes
- 3,39,401
- Vote share
- 41.63%
- Behind by
- 37,864
Electors
12,65,480
Total votes polled
8,15,292
Valid votes
8,15,292
NOTA votes
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Turnout
64.4%
Full result, 1999
7 candidates · 8,15,292 valid votes
Bikash ChowdhuryCPMwon
3,77,265
46.3%
Ajit Ghatak (Moloy Ghatak)AITC
3,39,401
41.6%
Manik UpadhyayINC
89,261
10.9%
Manik BouriBSP
5,222
0.6%
Jitendra MandalAMB
2,354
0.3%
Pradip Kumar BanerjeeIND
970
0.1%
Dilip PaswanIND
819
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINHA | AITC | 6,05,645 | 46.53% | SURENDRAJEET SINGH AHLUWALIA | 59,564 |
| 2019 | BABUL SUPRIYO | BJP | 6,33,378 | 51.16% | MOON MOON SEN | 1,97,637 |
| 2014 | BABUL SUPRIYA BARAL (BABUL SUPRIYO) | BJP | 4,19,983 | 36.76% | DOLA SEN | 70,480 |
| 2009 | BANSA GOPAL CHOWDHURY | CPM | 4,35,161 | 48.69% | GHATAK MOLOY | 72,956 |
| 2004 | Bikash Chowdhury | CPM | 3,69,832 | 51.00% | Ghatak Moloy | 1,24,318 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above