Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Basirhat Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Basirhat Dakshin   Basirhat Dakshin 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 | 124 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Electorate (year) | 212,872 (2011) |
Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বসিরহাট দক্ষিন বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) 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, 124 Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Basirhat municipality, Basirhat I community development block, and Taki municipality.[1]
Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2014 by-election | Samik Bhattacharya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2016 | Dipendu Biswas | All India Trinamool Congress | |
Election results
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Dipendu Biswas | 88,085 | 40.65 | +4.06 | |
| BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 64,027 | 29.55 | -7.88 | |
| INC | Asit Majumdar | 57,035 | 26.32 | +14.74 | |
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Debabrata Biswas | 1,462 | 0.67 | ||
| BSP | Dilip Bairagi | 1,133 | 0.52 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Ajay Kumar Bain | 1,081 | 0.49 | ||
| PDS | Barun Das | 964 | 0.44 | ||
| RPI(A) | Tasirul Mondal | 903 | 0.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,949 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 24,058 | 11.10 | |||
| Turnout | 2,16,639 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2014 Bye-election
A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 71,002 | 37.43 | +33.52 | |
| Trinamool Congress | Dipendu Biswas | 69,416 | 36.59 | +7.31 | |
| CPI(M) | Mrinal Chakraborty | 24,884 | 13.12 | -22.86 | |
| INC | Asit Majumdar | 21,958 | 11.58 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Ajay Kumar Bain | 2,431 | 1.28 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,586 | 0.84 | -5.82 | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,694 | 80.43 | -6.8 | ||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +22.09 | |||
2011
In the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Narayan Mukherjee | 66,914 | 35.94 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Narayan Goswami | 54,514 | 29.28 | ||
| Independent | Asit Majumdar | 52,484 | 28.19 | ||
| BJP | Hajarilal Sarkar | 7,282 | 3.91 | ||
| BSP | Amitosh Kumar Mondal | 3,572 | 1.92 | ||
| IUML | Hafijul Mistri | 1,391 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 12,400 | 6.66 | |||
| Turnout | 186,157 | 87.22 | |||
| 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) 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,[5]Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[6]Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991[7]and 1987,[8]and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982[9]and 1977.[10][11]
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[12]and 1971.[13]A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969[14]and 1967.[15]Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962.[16]Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957[17]and in independent India’s first election in 1951.[18]
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 "124 Basirhat Dakshin Constituency" (PDF). Bye election 2014. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Basirhat Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.