Basanti Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Basanti
Constituency No. 128 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Basanti Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Jaynagar
Established	1962
Total electors	260,618
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shyamal Mondal
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

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, Phulmalancha, Jharkhali, Jyotishpur, Kanthalberia, Nafarganj, Ramchandrakhali, Uttar Mokam Baria and Charavidya gram panchayats of Basanti community development block
Atharbanki 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

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1962	Shakila Khatun	Indian National Congress^[2]
1967	Shakila Khatun	Indian National Congress^[3]
1969	Ashok Chaudhury	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[4]
1971	Panchanan Sinha	Indian National Congress^[5]
1972	Panchanan Sinha	Indian National Congress^[6]
1977	Kalipada Burman	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[7]
1982	Subhas Naskar	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[8]
1987		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[9]
1991		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[10]
1996		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[11]
2001		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[12]
2006		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[13]
2011		Revolutionary Socialist Party^[14]
2016	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Shyamal Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

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

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

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Basanti^[14]^[15]
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

Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy of BJP in 2006,^[13] Jayanta Sarkar of AITC in 2001^[12] and 1996,^[11] Bipin Behari Sardar of INC in 1991^[10] and 1987,^[8] and Jnanendranath Majumdar of INC in 1982.^[9] Kalipada Barman of RSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of INC in 1977.^[7]^[16]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Panchanan Sinha of INC won in 1972^[6] and 1971.^[5] Ashok Chaudhuri of RSP won in 1969.^[4] Shakila Khatun of INC won in 1967^[3] and 1962.^[2] The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Notes

Citations

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basanti. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^ "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Cities, municipal
and census towns

Alipore Sadar subdivision	Abhirampur Amtala Asuti Balarampur Barkalikapur Benjanhari Acharial Bhasa Birlapur Bishnupur Bora Gagangohalia Bawali Budge Budge Buita Chak Alampur Chak Enayetnagar Chak Kashipur Chanddandaha Chata Kalikapur Dakshin Raypur Daulatpur Ganye Gangadharpur Hanspukuria Kalua Kanganbaria Kanyanagar Kriparampur Maheshtala Nadabhanga Nahazari Nischintapur Patharberia Poali Pujali Ramchandrapur Rameswarpur Ramkrishnapur Samali Uttar Raypur
Baruipur subdivision	Alipur Baharu Baruipur Baruipur (CT) Bhangar Raghunathpur Bidyadharpur Chak Baria Champahati Danga Garia Gobindapur Hariharpur Jaynagar Majilpur Kalikapur Kalikapur Barasat Khodar Bazar Komarhat Mallikpur Maricha Narendrapur Naridana Nimpith Panchghara Petua Radhanagar Rajpur Sonarpur Ramchandrapur Raynagar Sahebpur Salipur Solgohalia Tulshighata Uttar Durgapur Uttarparanij
Diamond Harbour subdivision	Ajodhyanagar Bamna Baneshwarpur Bangsidharpur Berandari Bagaria Bilandapur Chandpala Anantapathpur Chandpur Dhamua Dhola Diamond Harbour Dihi Kalas Durganagar Fatepur Ghola Noapara Hasimnagar Kalikapota Krishna Chandrapur Lalpur Magrahat Masat Mathurapur Mohanpur Nainan Patdaha Purba Bishnupur Purba Ranaghat Sangrampur Shyampur Sirakol Swangrampur Usthi Uttar Bishnupur Uttar Kalas Uttar Kusum
Kakdwip subdivision	Kakdwip
Canning subdivision	Basanti Banshra Canning Dighirpar Gaur Daha Kalaria Matla Rajapur Taldi

Locations other than
Cities, municipal
and census towns

Alipore Sadar subdivision	Bakrahat Burul Dongaria Doulatabad Nodakhali
Baruipur subdivision	Dhosa Jamtala Jirongachhi Kalyanpur Kheadaha Kultali Maipit Nalmuri Tilpi Uttar Kasipur
Diamond Harbour subdivision	Baneswarpur Baribhanga Abad Bhushna Chhatrabhog Falta Harindanga Krishnpur Kulpi Lakshmikantapur Mandirbazar Netra Parulia Punya Raidighi Raichak Ramnagar Sarisha
Kakdwip subdivision	Bakkhali Fraserganj Ganespur Gangasagar Gobardhanpur Harinbari Harwood Point Namkhana Patharpratima Ramganga Rudranagar
Canning subdivision	Bhangonkhali Chhota Mollakhali Deuli Gosaba Jharkhali Jibantala Matherdighi Pathankhali Sonakhali Tangrakhali

Neighbourhoods

See also

Cities, towns and locations in South 24 Parganas district
People from South 24 Parganas district

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