Basanti Assembly constituency

Basanti
Constituency No. 128 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Basanti Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS 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

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

Election Member Party Affiliation
1962 Shakila Khatun Indian National Congress[2]
1967 Indian National Congress[3]
1969 Ashok Chaudhury Revolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1971 Panchanan Sinha Indian National Congress[5]
1972 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

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basanti. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  16. ^ "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.