Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Basanti
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Basanti is located in West Bengal
Basanti
Basanti
Location in West Bengal
Basanti is located in India
Basanti
Basanti
Location in India
Coordinates: 22°11′54″N 88°42′50″E / 22.1983°N 88.7139°E / 22.1983; 88.7139Coordinates: 22°11′54″N 88°42′50″E / 22.1983°N 88.7139°E / 22.1983; 88.7139
Country India
State West Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.128
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituencyJaynagar (SC)
Electorate (year)182,614 (2011)

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

Overview[edit]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Basanti (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1962 Basanti 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 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1991 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1996 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
2001 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[12]
2006 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2011 Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2016 Gobinda Chandra Naskar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Shyamal Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results[edit]

2021[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Basanti (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shyamal Mondal 111,453 52.10 +2.23
BJP Ramesh Majhi 60,811 28.43 +22.72
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Basanti (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gobinda Chandra Naskar 90,522 49.87
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] 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 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011[edit]

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Basanti[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] 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
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006[edit]

Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti (Vidhan Sabha 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[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "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. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  16. ↑ "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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