Contesting Candidates for Asansol Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Party Candidate Votes Polled % of Votes Polled BJP SS Ahluwalia TMC Shatrughan Sinha CPI(M) Jahanara Khan Congress Electoral History In 1971 Parliamentary election, Robin Sen of CPI(M) (Communist Party of India (Marxists) won the Asansol Lok Sabha seat by defeating Narayan Choudhury of Indian National Congress by a margin of 33660 votes. In the Sixth Lok Sabha elections held in 1977, Asansol Seat was once again bagged by Robin Sen. Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya of Congress wrested the seat from Robin Sen in 1980. Riding on the wave of sympathy generated by Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya increased his victory margin and defeated Bamapada Mukherjee of CPM by 86666 votes. While Anada Gopal secured 334212 Bamapada got 247546 votes. In the Ninth Lok Sabha elections which saw the defeat of Congress Party under Rajiv Gandhi following charges of corruption against his government, Asansol Lok Sabha sea