Ausgram Assembly constituency
West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency
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Ausgram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC).
| Ausgram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 273 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Ausgram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 195,953 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 273 Ausgram (SC) assembly seat covers Ausgram I and Ausgram II CD Blocks, and Guskara municipality.[1]
Ausgram assembly segment is part of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | |||
| 1957 | Kanai Lal Das | ||
| 1962 | Manoranjan Bakshi | Independent politician | |
| 1967 | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Sridhar Malik | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Sreedhar Malik | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Kartick Chandra Bag | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Basudeb Mete | ||
| 2016 | Abhedananda Thander | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Kalita Maji | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kalita Maji | 107,692 | 47.68 |  6.88 | |
| AITC | Shyama Prasanna Lohar | 95,157 | 42.13 |  4.12 | |
| CPI(M) | Chanchal Kumar Majhi | 16,478 | 7.29 | 2.11 | |
| INC | Tapas Baral | 2,082 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,425 | 1.07 | 0.79 | |
| Majority | 12,535 | 5.55 | 0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 225,886 | 95.66 | 7.76 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhedananda Thander | 100,392 | 46.25 | 0.31 | |
| BJP | Kalita Maji | 88,577 | 40.8 | 33.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Chanchal Kumar Majhi | 20,399 | 9.4 | 33.36 | |
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mete | 1,972 | 0.91 | 0.16 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,039 | 1.86 | ||
| Majority | 11,815 | 5.45 | |||
| Turnout | 217,080 | 87.9 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhedananda Thander | 90,450 | 45.94 |  | |
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Mete | 84,198 | 42.76 | 9.45 | |
| BJP | Sanatan Maji | 14,686 | 7.46 | 3.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,817 | 1.94 | | |
| Independent | Kalpana Ankure | 2,263 | 1.15 | | |
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mete | 1,485 | 0.75 | 0.58 | |
| Majority | 6,252 | 3.18 | 10.09 | ||
| Turnout | 1,96,899 | 87.52 | 1.18 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Mete | 90,863 | 52.21 | ||
| INC | Chanchal Kumar Mondal | 67,767 | 38.94 | ||
| BJP | Shanti Karmakar | 7,663 | 4.40 | ||
| Independent | Nihar Kumar Hazra | 3,989 | 2.29 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mate | 2,321 | 1.33 | ||
| JDP | Bireswar Maji | 1,445 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 23,096 | 13.27 | |||
| Turnout | 1,74,048 | 88.70 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2006
Kartick Chandra Bag of CPI(M) won the Ausgram (SC) assembly seat in 2006, 2001 and 1996, defeating his nearest rivals Chhaya Chowdhuri of Trinamool Congress, Sukumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress and Sukumar Saha of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sreedhar Malik of CPI(M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977, defeating his nearest rivals, Chhaya Rani Chowdhury of Congress, Biswambhar Mondal of Congress, Chanchal Kumar Modal of Congress and Madan Lohar of Janata Party, in the respective years.[4]
1972
Sridhar Malik of CPI(M) won the seat in 1972 and 1971. Krishna Chandra Halder of CPI(M) won it in 1969 and 1967. In 1962, it was won by Kanai Lal Das of Congress. In 1952, the first year when this constituency was formed, and 1957, it had two seats, one general and the other reserved for SC. From 1962, it became a constituency reserved for SC. In 1951, the winners were Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay and Kanai Lal Das both of Congress.[5]