Ausgram 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 |
| LS constituency | Bolpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 195,953 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Ausgram | Kanai Lal Das and Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 1957 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1962 | Manoranjan Bakshi | Independent[4] | |
| 1967 | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
| 1969 | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6] | |
| 1971 | Sridhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7] | |
| 1972 | Sridhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8] | |
| 1977 | Sreedhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1982 | Sreedhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10] | |
| 1987 | Sreedhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11] | |
| 1991 | Sreedhar Malik | Communist Part of India (Marxist) [12] | |
| 1996 | Kartick Chandra Bag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13] | |
| 2001 | Kartick Chandra Bag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] | |
| 2006 | Kartick Chandra Bag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16] | |
| 2011 | Basudeb Mete | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| 2016 | Abhedananda Thander | All India Trinamool Congress[18][19] | |
| 2021 | All India Trinamool Congress [20][21] | ||
Election results
2021
In the 2021 election, Abhedananda Thander of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kalita Maji of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhedananda Thander | 100,392 | 46.25 |  0.31 | |
| BJP | Kalita Maji | 88,577 | 40.80 | 33.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Chanchal Kumar Majhi | 20,399 | 9.40 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,039 | 1.86 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mete | 1,972 | 0.91 | ||
| BSP | Sridam Goldar | 1,701 | 0.78 | ||
| Turnout | 217,080 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 election, Abhedananda Thander of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Basudeb Mete of CPI (M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhedananda Thander | 90,450 | 45.94 | new | |
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Mete | 84,198 | 42.76 |  9.45 | |
| BJP | Sanatan Maji | 14,686 | 7.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,817 | 1.94 | ||
| Independent | Kalpana Ankure | 2,263 | 1.15 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mete | 1,485 | 0.75 | ||
| Turnout | 196,899 | 87.52 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Basudeb Mete of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Chanchal Kumar Mondol of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Mete | 90,863 | 52.21 | 14.07 | |
| INC | Chanchal Kumar Mondal | 67,767 | 38.94 | 10.42 | |
| BJP | Shanti Karmakar | 7,663 | 4.40 | ||
| Independent | Nihar Kumar Hazra | 3,989 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Manasa Mate | 2,321 | |||
| JDP | Bireswar Maji | 1,445 | |||
| Turnout | 174,048 | 88.82 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -24.49# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
1951-1972
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.[25]
1977-2006
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.[26]