Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Basirhat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 18 Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

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Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Basirhat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 18 Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Overview

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

According to the Hindustan Times, Basirhat and Bangaon have the most porous stretch of West Bengal's 2,217 km border with Bangladesh.The Indian Express estimates the proportion of Muslims in Basirhat's electorate at 54%.

Assembly segments

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 18 Basirhat is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>99</td><td>Baduria</td><td>North 24 Parganas</td><td>Abdur Rahim Quazi</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>121</td><td>Haroa</td><td>Sheikh Rabiul Islam</td></tr><tr><td>122</td><td>Minakhan (SC)</td><td>Usha Rani Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>123</td><td>Sandeshkhali (ST)</td><td>Sukumar Mahata</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td>Basirhat Dakshin</td><td>Saptarshi Banerjee</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>125</td><td>Basirhat Uttar</td><td>Rafikul Islam Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>126</td><td>Hingalganj (SC)</td><td>Debesh Mondal</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Parliament

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Duration</th><th>Name of M.P.</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>First</td><td>1952-57</td><td>Renu Chakravartty</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Patiram Roy</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Second</td><td>1957-62</td><td>Renu Chakravartty</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Pareshnath Kayal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Third</td><td>1962-67</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td></tr><tr><td>Fourth</td><td>1967-69</td><td></td><td>Bangla Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1969^</td><td>1970-72</td><td>Sardar Amjad Ali</td></tr><tr><td>Fifth</td><td>1971-77</td><td>A.K.M. Ishaque</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977-80</td><td>Alhaj M.A. Hannan</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980-84</td><td>Indrajit Gupta</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984-89</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989-91</td><td>Manoranjan Sur</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991-96</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996-98</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>1998-99</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>1999-04</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2004-09</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2009-14</td><td>Haji Nurul Islam</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2014-19</td><td>Idris Ali</td></tr><tr><td>Seventeenth</td><td>2019-24</td><td>Nusrat Jahan</td></tr><tr><td>Eighteenth</td><td>2024-24</td><td>Haji Nurul Islam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026 by-election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Haji Nurul Islam</td><td>803,762</td><td>52.76</td><td>1.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rekha Patra</td><td>470,215</td><td>30.87</td><td>0.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ISF</td><td>Akhtar Rahaman Biswas</td><td>123,500</td><td>8.11</td><td>new</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nirapada Sardar</td><td>77,899</td><td>5.11</td><td>0.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mafijul Molla</td><td>11,833</td><td>0.78</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>5,248</td><td>0.34</td><td>0.30</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>333,547</td><td>21.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>15,23,401</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2019

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nusrat Jahan Ruhi</td><td>782,078</td><td>54.56</td><td>+15.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sayantan Basu</td><td>431,709</td><td>30.12</td><td>+11.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Quazi Abdur Rahim</td><td>104,183</td><td>7.27</td><td>−0.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Pallab Sengupta</td><td>68,316</td><td>4.77</td><td>−25.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>9,106</td><td>0.64</td><td>−0.14</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>350,369</td><td>24.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,433,769</td><td>85.43</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2014

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Idris Ali</td><td>4,92,326</td><td>38.65</td><td>−7.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Nurul Sekh</td><td>3,82,667</td><td>30.04</td><td>−10.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Samik Bhattacharya</td><td>2,33,887</td><td>18.36</td><td>+11.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Abdur Rahim Kazi</td><td>1,02,137</td><td>8.02</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIUDF</td><td>Siddiqullah Chowdhury</td><td>25,178</td><td>1.97</td><td>−2.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ranjit Gayen</td><td>8,088</td><td>0.63</td><td>−0.70</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Gopal Das</td><td>7,016</td><td>0.55</td><td>−0.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Ajay Kumar Bain</td><td>6,532</td><td>0.51</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Md. Hafiz</td><td>5,976</td><td>0.46</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>9,971</td><td>0.78</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,09,659</td><td>8.61</td><td>+2.89</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,73,771</td><td>85.45</td><td>−1.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.55</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2009

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sk. Nurul Islam</td><td>4,79,650</td><td>45.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td><td>4,19,267</td><td>40.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Swapan Kumar Das</td><td>67,690</td><td>6.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIUDF</td><td>Siddiqullah Chowdhury</td><td>41,338</td><td>3.98</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ranjit Gain</td><td>13,888</td><td>1.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Jiaul Haque</td><td>7,590</td><td>0.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LJP</td><td>Chhalauddin Molla</td><td>4,239</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Salim Makkar</td><td>4,023</td><td>0.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>60,383</td><td>5.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,38,209</td><td>86.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Seats won</th><th>Seat change</th><th>Vote percentage</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Trinamool Congress</td><td>19</td><td>18</td><td>31.8</td></tr><tr><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>13.45</td></tr><tr><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>9</td><td>17</td><td>33.1</td></tr><tr><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.56</td></tr><tr><td>Forward bloc</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.04</td></tr><tr><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>6.14</td></tr></tbody></table>

General elections 1951-2004

Basirhat was double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Thereafter, it was a single seat constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner Candidate</th><th>Winner Party</th><th>Runner-up Candidate</th><th>Runner-up Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>Renu Chakravartty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Satya Hari Dutta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Patiram Roy</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Paresh Nath Kayal</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Renu Chakravartty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Pratima Bose</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Abdur Razzak Khan</td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td>Bangla Congress</td><td>A.K.M Ishaque</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1969 (Bye election)</td><td>Sardar Amjad Ali</td><td>Bangla Congress</td><td>K.A.Makkar</td><td>PML</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>A.K.M. Ishaque</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Md. Abdulla Rasul</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Alhaj M A Hannan</td><td>Janata Party</td><td>A.K.M.Ishaque</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Indrajit Gupta</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Abdul Gaffar Quazi</td><td>Indian National Congress (I)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Indrajit Gupta</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Kamal Basu</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Monoranjan Sur</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Sardar Amjad Ali</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Monoranjan Sur</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Sardar Amjad Ali</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Dilip Majumder</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Sudipto Roy</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>M Nuruzzaman</td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Ajay Chakraborty</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>Sujit Bose</td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>