| Basanti | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | South 24 Parganas |
| Loksabha Cons: | Jaynagar |
| Constituency No: | 128 |
| Established: | 1962 |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Mla: | Shyamal Mondal |
| Party: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| Electors: | 260,618 |
Basanti is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
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]
Basanti Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shakila Khatun | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress[3] | ||
| 1969 | Ashok Chaudhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[4] | |
| 1971 | Panchanan Sinha | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress[6] | ||
| 1977 | Kalipada Burman | Revolutionary Socialist Party[7] | |
| 1982 | Subhas Naskar | Revolutionary Socialist Party[8] | |
| 1987 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[9] | ||
| 1991 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[10] | ||
| 1996 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[11] | ||
| 2001 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[12] | ||
| 2006 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[13] | ||
| 2011 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[14] | ||
| 2016 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Shyamal Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |
Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti Assembly 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] [15]
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.