Basanti Assembly constituency

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Basanti
Constituency No. 128 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Basanti Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituencyJaynagar
Established1962
Total electors260,618
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Basanti is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

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As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Basanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

  • Amjhara, Basanti, Bharatgarh, Charabidya, Foolmalancha, Jharkhali, Jyotishpur, Kanthalberia, Nafarganj, Ramchandrakhali and Uttar Mokamberia gram panchayats of Basanti community development block
  • Atharobanki gram panchayat of Canning II community development block

Basanti Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1962 Shakila Khatun Indian National Congress
1967
1969 Ashok Chaudhury Revolutionary Socialist Party
1971 Panchanan Sinha Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Kalipada Burman Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982 Subhas Naskar
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016 Gobinda Chandra Naskar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Shyamal Mondal

Election results

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Basanti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shyamal Mondal 111,453 52.10 +2.23
BJP Ramesh Majhi 60,811 28.43 +22.72
RSP Subhas Naskar 36,688 17.15 −23.57
NOTA None of the above 1,907 0.89 −1.58
Independent Biswajit Mondal 1,635 0.76
Independent Debabrata Mondal 728 0.34
SUCI(C) Nimai Chandra Mondal 688 0.32
Turnout 213,910
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

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Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Basanti (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gobinda Chandra Naskar 90,522 49.87
RSP Subhas Naskar 73,915 40.72 −8.35
BJP Pankaj Roy 10,373 5.71 +1.89
NOTA None of the above 4,487 2.47
MPOI Himanshu Kayal 1,141 0.63
Independent Taranga Mondal 1,069 0.59
Turnout 181,507 80.61 −0.72
AITC gain from RSP Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

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Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Basanti[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Subhas Naskar 72,772 49.07 −17.27
INC Arnab Roy 66,636 44.87
BJP Amal Kanti Roy 5,676 3.82
People’s Democratic Conference of India Samir Das 3,333 2.24
Turnout 148,516 81.33
RSP hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

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Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy of BJP in 2006,[4] Jayanta Sarkar of AITC in 2001[5] and 1996,[6] Bipin Behari Sardar of INC in 1991[7] and 1987,[8] and Jnanendranath Majumdar of INC in 1982.[9] Kalipada Barman of RSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of INC in 1977.[10][11]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

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Panchanan Sinha of INC won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Ashok Chaudhuri of RSP won in 1969.[14] Shakila Khatun of INC won in 1967[15] and 1962.[16] The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

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Notes

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