Asansol Dakshin (West Bengal) Assembly Constituency Elections 2018

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. According to the Election Commission of India, Asansol Dakshin has a total of 2,04,435 registered voters. It has 1,13,260 male and 91,175 female voters. 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
2011	280	Asansol Dakshin	GEN	Tapas Banerjee	M	AITC	89645	Ashok Kumar Mukherjee	M	CPM	61104