Ausgram constituency picked a TMC candidate in 2016 Bengal polls
- Ausgram constituency is located in the Purba Bardhaman district
- The seat is reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category
- Over 80% of the population in Ausgram is rural
The Ausgram assembly constituency is currently held by TMC
MLA Abhedananda Thande who defeated Basudev Mete of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) in 2016. The seat, one of West Bengal’s 294 assembly
constituencies, falls under the Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency.
The constituency, which is located in the Purba Bardhaman
district of West Bengal, is reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.
Over 80% of the population in Ausgram is rural.
The seat had been a CPI-M stronghold, till the Trinamool
Congress won the seat in the 2016 assembly elections. Before this, the CPM had
won the seat in every state poll since 1967. The constituency has been reserved
for the SC since 1962.
Here are a few details about the Ausgram assembly seat
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Ausgram
Lok Sabha constituency : Bolpur
2015 candidates: Abhedananda Thande (TMC); Basudev Mete
(CPM)
2020 candidates: NA
Sitting MLA, party: Abhedananda Thande, Trinamool Congress
Winning margin in 2015: 6,252
Runner up name, party: Basudev Mete, CPM
Number of voters in 2015: 1,97,026
Percentage of votes polled in 2015: 87.58%
Number of polling booths in 2015: 264
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