Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency

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Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Asansol Uttar
Constituency No. 281 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituencyAsansol
Established1951
Total electors2,36,858 (2026)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Krishnendu Mukherjee
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2026
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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 281 Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency covers Ward Nos. 13-15, 20-31, 40-55, 76 of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[1]

Asansol Uttar assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

1951-1972

In 1972, Niranjan Dihidar of Communist Party of India won the seat. In 1969 and 1971, Dr. Lokesh Ghosh of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1962, Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In 1957, it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Atindra Nath Bose of Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won the seat defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress.[2]

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) won the Asansol seat, defeating his nearest rival Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. In 2001, Kalyan Banerjee had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhuri of CPI (M). In 1996, Tapas Banerjee of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1991, Goutam Roy Choudhury had won the seat defeating Bajrangi Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 1987, Prabuddha Laha of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1982, Bejoy Pal of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Banerjee of Congress. In 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress.[3]

2011

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Moloy Ghatak 96,011 62.14 +11.26#
CPI(M) Ranu Roychowdhury 48,218 31.21 −17.91
BJP Madan Mohan Choubey 6,750 4.37
JD(U) Bijay Prasad Singh 3,536 2.29
Majority 47,793 30.93
Turnout 1,54,631 76.86
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +29.17
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Moloy Ghatak 84,715 46.12 −16.02
BJP Nirmal Karmakar 60,818 33.11 +28.74
INC Indrani Mishra 31,892 17.36 −13.85#
BMP Dipali Ruidas 2,178 1.18 N/A
ABHM Shyama Charan Dutta 1,268 0.69 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,795 1.52 N/A
Majority 23,897 13.01 −17.92
Turnout 1,83,844 73.68
AITC hold Swing -22.38
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  1. #Joint candidate of CPI(M), CPI, JD(U), RJD, NCP and INC. As the CPI(M) contested the previous election, the performance of this candidate is based on the previous election

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Moloy Ghatak 100,931 52.32 +19.14
BJP Krishnendu Mukherjee 79,821 41.38 +31.24
ISF Mohammad Mustaquim 4,471 2.32 −85.98
IND Sunil Thakur 1,673 0.87
AIMIM Danish Aziz 1,514 0.78
Majority 21,110 11.12
Turnout 1,93,167 70.04
AITC hold Swing
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2026

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have investigated Moloy Ghatak for his alleged role in a scam involving illegal mining and transportation of coal from Eastern Coalfields mines in the Asansol region.

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Asansol Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC MOLOY GHATAK 92901 44.1
BJP KRISHNENDU MUKHERJEE 104516 49.63
LF AKHILESH KUMAR SINGH 4779 2.27
INC PRASENJIT PUITANDY 1980 0.94
NOTA None of the above 2755 1.31
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