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Basirhat
WB-18
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesBaduria
Haroa
Minakhan
Sandeshkhali
Basirhat Dakshin
Basirhat Uttar
Hingalganj
Established1951-present
Total electors14,90,596
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vacant
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Most Successful parties from Basirhat Lok Sabha

  Communist Party of India (10 times) (52.63%)  Indian National Congress (4 times) (15.79%)  Trinamool Congress(4 times) (15.79%)  Bangla Congress (2 times) (10.53%)  Janata Party (1 time) (5.26%)

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

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

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:

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
99 Baduria North 24 Parganas Abdur Rahim Quazi AITC AITC
121 Haroa Sheikh Rabiul Islam AITC AITC
122 Minakhan Usha Rani Mondal AITC AITC
123 Sandeshkhali Sukumar Mahata AITC BJP
124 Basirhat Dakshin Saptarshi Banerjee AITC AITC
125 Basirhat Uttar Rafikul Islam Mondal AITC AITC
126 Hingalganj Debesh Mandal AITC AITC

Members of Parliament

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

.* In 1951 and 1957, Basirhat has dual seats.

^ By-election.

Election results

2025 by-election

2025 Basirhat by-election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kunal Ghosh
BJP Dilip Ghosh
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim
INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
ISF Abbas Siddiqui
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2024

2024 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Haji Nurul Islam 803,762 52.76 Decrease1.80
BJP Rekha Patra 470,215 30.87 Increase0.75
ISF Akhtar Rahaman Biswas 123,500 8.11 new
CPI(M) Nirapada Sardar 77,899 5.11 Increase0.34
Independent Mafijul Molla 11,833 0.78 New
NOTA None of the above 5,248 0.34 Decrease0.30
Majority 333,547
Turnout 15,23,401
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nusrat Jahan Ruhi 782,078 54.56 −2.91
BJP Sayantan Basu 431,709 30.12 +11.76
INC Quazi Abdur Rahim 104,183 7.27 −0.75
CPI Pallab Sengupta 68,316 4.77 −25.27
NOTA None of the Above 9,106 0.64 −0.14
Majority 350,369 24.4
Turnout 1,433,769 85.43 TBA
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Idris Ali 4,92,326 38.65 −7.55
CPI Nurul Sekh 3,82,667 30.04 −10.34
BJP Samik Bhattacharya 2,33,887 18.36 +11.81
INC Abdur Rahim Kazi 1,02,137 8.02 N/A
AIUDF Siddiqullah Chowdhury 25,178 1.97 −2.01
Independent Ranjit Gayen 8,088 0.63 −0.70
BSP Gopal Das 7,016 0.55 −0.18
SUCI(C) Ajay Kumar Bain 6,532 0.51 N/A
Independent Md. Hafiz 5,976 0.46 N/A
None of the Above None of the Above 9,971 0.78 N/A
Majority 1,09,659 8.61 +2.89
Turnout 12,73,771 85.45 −1.17
AITC hold Swing -7.55

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sk. Nurul Islam 4,79,650 45.92
CPI Ajay Chakraborty 4,19,267 40.20
BJP Swapan Kumar Das 67,690 6.51
AIUDF Siddiqullah Chowdhury 41,338 3.98
Independent Ranjit Gain 13,888 1.33
BSP Jiaul Haque 7,590 0.73
LJP Chhalauddin Molla 4,239 0.40
IUML Salim Makkar 4,023 0.38
Majority 60,383 5.72
Turnout 10,38,209 86.62
AITC gain from CPI Swing
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 6.14

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:

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

See also

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