Ashoknagar Assembly constituency
{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{for multi|the constituency in Madhya Pradesh|Ashok Nagar Assembly constituency | Municipality in North 24 Parganas|Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ashoknagar
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Ashoknagar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ashoknagar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Narayan Goswami
| party = All India Trinamool Congress
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| state = West Bengal
| district = North 24 Parganas
| loksabha_cons = Barasat
| constituency_no = 101
| established = 1967
| electors = 257,180
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 101 Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh municipality, and Habra II community development block.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}
Ashoknagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
=2021=
{{Election box begin | title= 2021 West Bengal assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Narayan Goswami
|votes = 93,587
|percentage = 43.18
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tanuja Chakraborty
|votes = 70,055
|percentage = 32.32
|change = +24.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Indian Secular Front
|candidate=Tapas Banerjee
|votes=45,795
|percentage=21.13
|change= +21.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate=Jagadish Ray
|votes=1,053
|percentage=0.49
|change= -0.32
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=210,490
|percentage=81.77
|change= -4.63
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin | title=2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dhiman Roy
|votes = 98,042
|percentage = 49.98
|change = -5.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Satyasebi Kar
|votes = 75,143
|percentage = 38.30
|change = -0.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tanuja Chakraborty
|votes = 16,429
|percentage = 8.37
|change = +5.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tarakeswar Hawlader
|votes = 1,582
|percentage = 0.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = RPI(A)
|candidate = Ajit Kumar Sarkar
|votes = 1,339
|percentage = 0.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Jayasri Das
|votes = 1,262
|percentage = 0.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 196,181
|percentage = 86.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2011=
In the 2011 election, Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=101| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191709/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=101| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Ashoknagar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dhiman Roy
|votes = 94,451
|percentage = 55.39
|change = +6.30#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Satyasebi Kar
|votes = 66,759
|percentage = 39.15
|change = -6.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gopal Nandi
|votes = 4,168
|percentage = 2.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Jayasri Das
|votes = 1,783
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tarakeswar Hawlader
|votes = 1,428
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tapas Roy
|votes = 1,344
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Uttam Kumar Raha
|votes = 6,000
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 170,533
|percentage = 88.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 13.43#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
=2006=
In the 2006 election, Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of All India Trinamool Congress .
{{Election box begin | title=2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Ashoknagar constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Satyasebi Kar
|votes = 73,250
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dhiman Roy
|votes = 71,450
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1967–1972=
=1977–2006=
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) won the Ashoknagar assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Dhiman Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Sarmistha Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutt of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Badal Bhattacharya of BJP defeated Rekha Goswami of CPIM in the 1999 Bye election, caused by the death of sitting MLA, Nirode Roy Chowdhury. Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of Congress in 1996. Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Congress/ Independent in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp88.htm |title =88 - Ashokenagar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}
References
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district