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