Asansol Dakshin is a General category Assembly constituency located in West Bengal’s Bardhaman district. It is one of the seven Assembly segments that fall under the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency.
At present, Agnimitra Paul of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the sitting MLA from Asansol Dakshin. She won the seat in the 2021 Assembly election by securing 45.13 per cent of the total votes polled. She was followed by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) candidate, who received 42.83 per cent of the votes.
Earlier, the constituency was represented by Tapas Banerjee of AITC, who won the seat in both the 2016 and 2011 Assembly elections.