Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency

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Basirhat Dakshin
Constituency No. 124 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
LS constituency Basirhat
Established1951
Total electors212,872
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 124 Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Basirhat municipality, Basirhat I community development block, and Taki municipality. [1]

Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
Till 2011 : Constituency did not exist
2011 Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014^ Samik Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party
2016 Dipendu Biswas Trinamool Congress
2021 Saptarshi Banerjee

^ By-election

Election results

2021

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Basirhat Dakshin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Dipendu Biswas 88,085 40.65 +11.37
BJP Samik Bhattacharya64,02729.55+25.64
INC Asit Majumdar57,03526.32-37.81
CPI(ML)L Debabrata Biswas1,4620.67N/A
BSP Dilip Bairagi1,1330.52-1.40
SUCI(C) Ajay Kumar Bain1,0810.49
PDS Barun Das9640.44
RPI(A) Tasirul Mondal9030.41
NOTA None of the above1,9490.89
Majority24,05811.10
Turnout 2,16,639
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2014 by-election

A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee. [2]

West Bengal state assembly bye-election, 2014: Basirhat Dakshin constituency [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Samik Bhattacharya 71,002 37.43 +33.52
AITC Dipendu Biswas 69,41636.59+7.31
CPI(M) Mrinal Chakraborty24,88413.12-22.86
INC Asit Majumdar21,95811.58N/A
SUCI(C) Ajay Kumar Bain2,4311.28N/A
Majority1,5860.84-5.82
Turnout 1,89,69480.43-6.8
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing +22.09

2011

In the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Basirhat Dakshin constituency [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Narayan Mukherjee66,92435.94
AITC Narayan Goswami54,51429.28
IndependentAsit Majumdar52,48428.19
BJP Hajarilal Sarkar7,2823.91
BSP Amitosh Kumar Mondal3,5721.92
IUML Hafijul Mistri1,3910.75
Majority12,4106.66
Turnout 186,15787.22
CPI(M) win (new seat)

As per 2011 census total population of Basirhat Dakshin is 335130,Hindu 183256,Muslim 151180,Other 694.Hindu 54.682%,Muslim 45.111%,Other 0.207%.

1977-2006 Basirhat

During the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC in 2006, [5] Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001, [6] Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991 [7] and 1987, [8] and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982 [9] and 1977. [10] [11]

1951-1972 Basirhat

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972 [12] and 1971. [13] A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969 [14] and 1967. [15] Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962. [16] Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957 [17] and in independent India's first election in 1951. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "124 Basirhat Dakshin Constituency" (PDF). Bye election 2014. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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