Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency
Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Basirhat Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 125 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Uttar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| LS constituency | Basirhat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 192,587 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 125 Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Basirhat II community development block, and Amlani, Bhebia, Makhal Gachha, Murarisha gram panchayats of Hasnabad community development block.[1]
Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Basirhat | ||
| 1951 | Profulla Nath Banerjee | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 1957 | Profulla Nath Banerjee | Indian National Congress[3] |
| 1962 | Bijesh Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress[4] |
| 1967 | A.B.Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India[5] |
| 1969 | A.B.Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India[6] |
| 1971 | Lalit Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress[7] |
| 1972 | Lalit Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1977 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] |
| 1982 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1987 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |
| 1991 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
| 1996 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] |
| 2001 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] |
| 2006 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] |
| Basirhat Uttar | ||
| 2011 | Mostafa Bin Qaseem | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] |
| 2011 By-election | ATM Abdullah | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
| 2016 | Rafikul Islam Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Rafikul Islam Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
edit2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Rafikul Islam Mondal | 97,828 | 45.74 | +8.85 | |
| AITC | ATM Abdullah | 97,336 | 45,51 | −11.44 | |
| BJP | Tarafan Gazi | 13,072 | 6.11 | +1.62 | |
| BSP | Abul Kasem Dhali | 3,006 | 1.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,636 | 1.24 | +1.24 | |
| Turnout | 2,13,885 | 89.62 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
The percentage changes of the 2016 election is calculated based upon the 2011 Bypoll.
2011
editA by-election in 2011 was necessitated by the death of Mostafa bin Kassem, the CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar, who was found dead outside Kyd street MLA's Hostel on 29 May 2011.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | ATM Abdullah | 87,899 | 56.95 | +14.12 | |
| CPI(M) | Subid Ali Gazi | 56,948 | 36.89 | −8.30 | |
| BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | 6,938 | 4.49 | −1.08 | |
| Independent | Ajit Pramanick | 2,964 | |||
| Turnout | 154,339 | 80.35 | −6.49 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
The percentage changes of the Bypoll is calculated from the 2011 assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mostafa Bin Qaseem | 75,576 | 45.19 | ||
| AITC | Sardar Amzad Ali | 71,632 | 42.83 | ||
| BJP | Somen Mandal | 9,316 | 5.57 | ||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Rafikul Mandal | 7,327 | |||
| BSP | Prosanta Biswas | 1,829 | |||
| All india Minorities Front | Anwar Hossain Mollah | 1,569 | |||
| Turnout | 167,248 | 86.84 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
As per 2011 census the total population of basirhat uttar is 338937,Hindu 115986,Muslim 222264,Other 687.Hindu 34.22%,Muslim 65.58%,Other 0.20%.
1977-2006 Basirhat
editDuring the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC in 2006,[15] Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996,[13] Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991[12] and 1987,[11] and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982[10] and 1977.[9][21]
1951-1972 Basirhat
editContests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962.[4] Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]
References
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- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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- ^ a b "Mamata wins by-election by convincing margin". Kolkata. The Hindu, 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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