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, 2004
Bikash Chowdhury
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2004
1,24,318
17.14% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCGhatak Moloy
- Votes
- 2,45,514
- Vote share
- 33.85%
- Behind by
- 1,24,318
Electors
10,92,141
Total votes polled
7,25,198
Valid votes
7,25,198
NOTA votes
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Turnout
66.4%
Full result, 2004
8 candidates · 7,25,198 valid votes
Bikash ChowdhuryCPMwon
3,69,832
51.0%
Ghatak MoloyAITC
2,45,514
33.9%
Tapas BanerjeeINC
70,867
9.8%
Sunil MukherjeeIND
12,552
1.7%
Manik Lal BauriBSP
8,830
1.2%
Pratap SinghSP
6,828
0.9%
Sailendra Nath BhattacharyyaIND
6,286
0.9%
Atanu ChakravartyCPI(ML)(L)
4,489
0.6%
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