Asansol is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South West Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Asansol Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 76.82%. There are 14,69,684 voters of which 7,91,896 are male and 6,77,774 are female and 14 voters of the third gender.
Babul Supriya Baral (Babul Supriyo) of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating TMC. BJP polled 4,19,983 of the total of 11,42,395 votes polled. CPM won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Asansol goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 77.76%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 40 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,69,684 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,91,896 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,77,774 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | CPM |
| Turnout % | 77.76% | 71.5% |
| Margin of Victory | 70,480 | 72,956 |
| Margin of Victory % | 6.17% | 8.16% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | CPM |
| Turnout % | 77.76% | 71.5% |
| Margin of Victory | 70,480 | 72,956 |
| Margin of Victory % | 6.17% | 8.16% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 633378 | 51.16% | Babul SupriyoWinner |
| AITC | 435741 | 35.19% | Moon Moon Sen |
| CPI(M) | 87608 | 7.08% | Gouranga Chatterjee |
| INC | 21038 | 1.70% | Biswarup Mondal |
| NOTA | 14447 | 1.17% | Nota |
| BMP | 12677 | 1.02% | Md. Zahir Alam |
| IND | 10066 | 0.81% | Swaraj Das (Bapi) |
| BSP | 7860 | 0.63% | Sandip Sarkar |
| SHS | 5761 | 0.47% | Abhisekh Kumar Singh |
| IND | 5176 | 0.42% | Kajal Banerjee |
| SUCI | 4383 | 0.35% | Amar Chowdhury |
