Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the only urbanizated assembly constituency of Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency with 55 percent of urban voters because of the presence of Basirhat Greater Municipal Area.
| Basirhat Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 124 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Dakshin Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 212,872 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Surajit Mitra | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2026 |
- All India Trinamool Congress (3) (60.0%)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1) (20.0%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1) (20.0%)
Overview
editAs 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
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2011 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2011 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2014^ | Samik Bhattacharya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2016 | Dipendu Biswas | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Saptarshi Banerjee | ||
| 2026 | Surajit Mitra | ||
- ^ denotes by-election
^ By-election
Election results
edit2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Surajit Mitra | 112,965 | 45.09 | −4.06 | |
| BJP | Dr. Sourya Banerjee | 103,421 | 41.28 | +2.51 | |
| CPI(M) | Aynul Arefin | 23,710 | 9.46 | ||
| INC | Abu Esahak Gazi | 3,505 | 1.4 | −8.39 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,327 | 0.53 | −0.19 | |
| Majority | 9,544 | 3.81 | −6.57 | ||
| Turnout | 250,535 | 96.09 | +10.66 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | -4.06 | |||
2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saptarshi Banerjee | 115,873 | 49.15 |  8.5 | |
| BJP | Tarak Nath Ghosh | 91,405 | 38.77 | 9.22 | |
| INC | Amit Majumdar | 23,089 | 9.79 |  16.53 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,689 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 24,468 | 10.38 | |||
| Turnout | 235,737 | 85.43 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dipendu Biswas | 88,085 | 40.65 | +11.37 | |
| BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 64,027 | 29.55 | +25.64 | |
| INC | Asit Majumdar | 57,035 | 26.32 | −37.81 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,949 | 0.89 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Debabrata Biswas | 1,462 | 0.67 | N/A | |
| BSP | Dilip Bairagi | 1,133 | 0.52 | −1.40 | |
| SUCI(C) | Ajay Kumar Bain | 1,081 | 0.49 | ||
| PDS | Barun Das | 964 | 0.44 | ||
| RPI(A) | Tasirul Mondal | 903 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 24,058 | 11.10 | |||
| Turnout | 2,16,639 | ||||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2014 bypoll
editA bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 71,002 | 37.43 | +33.52 | |
| AITC | 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
editIn the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Narayan Mukherjee | 66,924 | 35.94 | ||
| AITC | 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 | 12,410 | 6.66 | |||
| Turnout | 186,157 | 87.22 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
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%.
2006
editDuring 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,[6] Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7] Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991[8] and 1987,[9] and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982[10] and 1977.[11][12]
1972
editContests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972[13] and 1971.[14] A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962.[17] Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957[18] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[19]
References
edit- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- 1 2 "Assembly Constituency 124 - BASIRHAT DAKSHIN (West Bengal) - Election". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- 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.
- ↑ "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.