Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Basirhat Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Basirhat Uttar Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°ECoordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 125 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Electorate (year) | 192,587 (2011) |
Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Prior to 2011 Basirhat had one assembly constituency. From 2011 it will have two constituencies Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Hasnabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 125 Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Basirhat | 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] | |
| 2011 | Basirhat Uttar | Mostafa Bin Kasem | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] |
| 2011 By-election | ATM Abdullah | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
Election results
2011
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.[18]
| West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | ATM Abdullah | 87,899 | |||
| CPI(M) | Subid Ali Gazi | 56,948 | |||
| BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | 6,938 | |||
| Independent | Ajit Pramanick | 2,964 | |||
| Turnout | 154,339 | 80.35 | |||
| AITMC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency[16][19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Mostafa Bin Kasem | 75,575 | 45.19 | ||
| AITMC | 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) | |||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 28 |  23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |  16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
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,[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][20]
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[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
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Mamata wins by-election by convincing margin". Kolkata. The Hindu, 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "MLA son cries foul". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). 2 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ "95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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