About Asansol Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Asansol Dakshin is constituency No. 280 of West Bengal legislative assembly. It is situated in Bardhaman district. It is part of Lok Sabha constituency No. 40 which is Asansol. It is an open constituency.Tapas Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won this seat in the 2011 assembly elections. Banerjee defeated his nearest contender, CPI(M)'s Ashok Kumar Mukherjee, by a margin of 28,541 votes. While Banerjee secured 89,645 votes, Mukherjee, the runner-up, got 61,104. The voter turnout was 78.69%.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Asansol Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Asansol Dakshin assembly elections conducted so far.Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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2011 | 280 | Asansol Dakshin | GEN | Tapas Banerjee | M | AITC | 89645 | Ashok Kumar Mukherjee | M | CPM | 61104 |