Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency
| Basirhat Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 125 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Map Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Uttar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,38,426 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit ]As 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 [3] | |||
| 1962 | Bijesh Chandra Sen[4] | ||
| 1967 | A.B. Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India [5] | |
| 1969 [6] | |||
| 1971 | Lalit Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress [7] | |
| 1972 [8] | |||
| 1977 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9] | |
| 1982 [10] | |||
| 1987 [11] | |||
| 1991 [12] | |||
| 1996 [13] | |||
| 2001 [14] | |||
| 2006 [15] | |||
| Basirhat Uttar | |||
| 2011 | Mostafa Bin Qaseem | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] | |
| 2011^ | ATM Abdullah | Trinamool Congress [17] | |
| 2016 | Rafikul Islam Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | Trinamool Congress | ||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
[edit ]2021
[edit ]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rafikul Islam Mondal | 137,216 | 57.55 | Increase12.01 | |
| ISF | Mohammad Baijid Amin | 47,865 | 20.08 | New | |
| BJP | Narayan Chandra Mondal | 47,505 | 19.92 | Increase13.81 | |
| Independent | Taslima Khatun | 2,014 | 0.84 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,952 | 0.82 | Decrease0.42 | |
| Independent | Mohammad Kased Ali Sardar | 1,874 | 0.79 | New | |
| Majority | 89,351 | 37.47 | Increase37.24 | ||
| Turnout | 2,38,426 | 88.95 | Decrease0.67 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit ]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Rafikul Islam Mondal | 97,828 | 45.74 | Increase8.85 | |
| AITC | ATM Abdullah | 97,336 | 45,51 | Decrease11.44 | |
| BJP | Tarafan Ali Gazi | 13,072 | 6.11 | Increase1.62 | |
| BSP | Abul Kasem Dhali | 3,006 | 1.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,636 | 1.24 | N/A | |
| Majority | 492 | 0.23 | Decrease19.83 | ||
| 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 by-election
[edit ]A 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 | Increase14.12 | |
| CPI(M) | Subid Ali Gazi | 56,948 | 36.89 | Decrease8.30 | |
| BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | 6,938 | 4.49 | Decrease1.08 | |
| Independent | Ajit Pramanick | 2,964 | |||
| Turnout | 154,339 | 80.35 | Decrease6.49 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
The percentage changes of the bypoll is calculated from the 2011 assembly election.
2011
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]During 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
[edit ]Contests 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
[edit ]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Mamata wins by-election by convincing margin". Kolkata. The Hindu, 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "MLA son cries foul". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
