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Elections 98

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Asansol
Total Votes Polled: 883829
Winner: CPM Baikash Chowdhury 355382
Runner Up: WBTC Ajit Kumar Ghaatak (Moloy Ghaatak) 329233
Margin: 26149 (7%)


Elections 96

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Asansol
Total Votes Polled: 841736
Winner: CPM Haradhan Roy 376806
Runner Up: INC Sukumar Bandyopadhyay 329856
Margin: 46950 (5.78%)


Atulya Ghosh, the Congress strongman, was elected from here in 1957 and 1962, after which barring two terms it has been the CPI-M all the way. In 1989, Hardhan Roy defeated two-time Congress MP Anand G Mukherjee, and has been elected to Parliament thrice in a row. In 1996 he defeated the Congress's Sukumar Bandyopadhyay by 47,000 votes.

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