Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basanti
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°11′54″N88°42′50″E / 22.1983°N 88.7139°E / 22.1983; 88.7139 Coordinates: 22°11′54″N88°42′50″E / 22.1983°N 88.7139°E / 22.1983; 88.7139
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	128
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar (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

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

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

2021

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
	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 (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

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

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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8. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
14. "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.