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| 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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 260,618 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Basanti Assembly 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 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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shakila Khatun | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Ashok Chaudhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1971 | Panchanan Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Kalipada Burman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1982 | Subhas Naskar | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Shyamal Mondal | ||
| 2026 | Nilima Mistry | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nilima Mistry | 127,495 | 54.99 |  2.89
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| BJP | Bikash Sardar | 71,314 | 30.76 | 2.33
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| ISF | Asit Roy | 25,924 | 11.18 | 
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| RSP | Samar Biswas | 2,099 | 0.91 |  16.24
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| NOTA | None of the above | 1,402 | 0.6 | 0.29
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| Majority | 56,181 | 24.23 | 0.56
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| Turnout | 231,860 | 96.46 | 14.4
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| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shyamal Mondal | 111,453 | 52.1 | 2.23
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| BJP | Ramesh Majhi | 60,811 | 28.43 | 22.72
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| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 36,688 | 17.15 | 23.57
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| NOTA | None of the above | 1,907 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 50,642 | 23.67 | |||
| Turnout | 213,910 | 82.06 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | 90,522 | 49.87 |
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| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 73,915 | 40.72 | 8.35
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| BJP | Pankaj Roy | 10,373 | 5.71 | 1.89
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| NOTA | None of the above | 4,487 | 2.47 |
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| MPOI | Himanshu Kayal | 1,141 | 0.63 |
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| Independent | Taranga Mondal | 1,069 | 0.59 |
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| Majority | 16,607 | 9.15 | 4.95
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| Turnout | 1,81,507 | 80.61 | 0.63
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| AITC gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 72,772 | 49.07 | ||
| INC | Arnab Roy | 66,636 | 44.87 | ||
| BJP | Amal Kanti Roy | 5,676 | 3.82 | ||
| PDCI | Samir Das | 3,333 | 2.24 | ||
| Majority | 6,136 | 4.20 | |||
| Turnout | 1,48,516 | 81.24 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy of BJP in 2006,4 Jayanta Sarkar of AITC in 20015 and 1996,6 Bipin Behari Sardar of INC in 19917 and 1987,8 and Jnanendranath Majumdar of INC in 1982.9 Kalipada Barman of RSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of INC in 1977.1011
1962-1972
Panchanan Sinha of INC won in 197212 and 1971.13 Ashok Chaudhuri of RSP won in 1969.14 Shakila Khatun of INC won in 196715 and 1962.16 The seat did not exist prior to that.
References
References
Notes
Citations
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.