Asansol Dakshin is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. It covers most of the area earlier under Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hirapur was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hirapur is the police station for the Burnpur area and the assembly constituency covered that area....

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, there are two constituencies, namely Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Asansol Uttar is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It covers most of the area earlier under Asansol constituency...

 and Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). No. 281 Asansol Uttar covers ward nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 17, 19, 21 to 33 of Asansol

Asansol

Asansol is a coal mining and industrial metropolis and one of the busiest commercial centres in India. It is the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal after Kolkata and the 19th largest urban agglomeration in India. Asansol is located in the western part of the Burdwan...

 municipal corporation. No. 280 Asansol Dakshin covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of Asansol municipal corporation and Amrasota, Egra, Ballavpur

Ballavpur

Ballavpur is a census town under Raniganj police station of Asansol subdivision in Barddhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. The place is adjacent to Raniganj town. It on the northern bank of Damodar River and Mejia is across the river in Bankura District-Geography:Ballavpur is...

, Jemari

Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)

Jemari is a census town under Raniganj police station of Asansol subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:J.K.Nagar Township is located at ....

 and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj

Raniganj (community development block)

Raniganj is an administrative division in Asansol subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Raniganj police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Searsole Rajbari. Banshra, Chelad, Ratibati, Chapui, Jemari Raniganj (community development block) ...

 community development block.

Asansol Uttar and Asansol Dakshin assembly segments are part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)

Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)

Asansol is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Asansol in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

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2011

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Hirapur

Hirapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hirapur was an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hirapur is the police station for the Burnpur area and the assembly constituency covered that area....

constituency.