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Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency

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Basirhat Uttar
Constituency No. 125 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBasirhat
Established1951
Total electors192,587
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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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

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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

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2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Basirhat Uttar constituency[16][18]
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

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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]

West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency[17]
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.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency[16][20]
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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  17. ^ a b "Mamata wins by-election by convincing margin". Kolkata. The Hindu, 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "MLA son cries foul". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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