Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency explained

Basirhat Dakshin
Type:SLA
Mla:Saptarshi Banerjee
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:North 24 Parganas
Loksabha Cons:Basirhat
Constituency No:124
Established:1951
Electors:212,872
Reservation:None

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 124 Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Basirhat municipality, Basirhat I community development block, and Taki municipality.[1]

Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2011Narayan MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2014^Samik BhattacharyaBharatiya Janata Party
2016Dipendu BiswasTrinamool Congress
2021Saptarshi Banerjee
^ By-election

Election results

2021

2014 by-election

A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.[2]

2011

In the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.

As per 2011 census total population of Basirhat Dakshin is 335130,Hindu 183256,Muslim 151180,Other 694.Hindu 54.682%,Muslim 45.111%,Other 0.207%.

1977-2006 Basirhat

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,[3] Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[4] Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991[5] and 1987,[6] and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982[7] and 1977.[8] [9]

1951-1972 Basirhat

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972[10] and 1971.[11] A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969[12] and 1967.[13] Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962.[14] Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957[15] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 15 October 2010. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
  2. Web site: 124 Basirhat Dakshin Constituency. Bye election 2014. Election Commission of India . 23 September 2014.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  9. Web site: 95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 15 October 2010.
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.
  16. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 8 September 2014.

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