| Basanti | |
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| Constituency No. 128 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Basanti Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 260,618 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Basanti is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forScheduled Castes.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Basanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Basanti Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shyamal Mondal | 111,453 | 52.10 | +2.23 | |
| BJP | Ramesh Majhi | 60,811 | 28.43 | +22.72 | |
| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 36,688 | 17.15 | −23.57 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,907 | 0.89 | −1.58 | |
| Independent | Biswajit Mondal | 1,635 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Debabrata Mondal | 728 | 0.34 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Nimai Chandra Mondal | 688 | 0.32 | ||
| Turnout | 213,910 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | 90,522 | 49.87 | ||
| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 73,915 | 40.72 | −8.35 | |
| BJP | Pankaj Roy | 10,373 | 5.71 | +1.89 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,487 | 2.47 | ||
| MPOI | Himanshu Kayal | 1,141 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Taranga Mondal | 1,069 | 0.59 | ||
| Turnout | 181,507 | 80.61 | −0.72 | ||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Subhas Naskar | 72,772 | 49.07 | −17.27 | |
| INC | Arnab Roy | 66,636 | 44.87 | ||
| BJP | Amal Kanti Roy | 5,676 | 3.82 | ||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Samir Das | 3,333 | 2.24 | ||
| Turnout | 148,516 | 81.33 | |||
| RSPhold | Swing | ||||
Subhas Naskar ofRSP won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy ofBJP in 2006,[4] Jayanta Sarkar ofAITC in 2001[5] and 1996,[6] Bipin Behari Sardar ofINC in 1991[7] and 1987,[8] and Jnanendranath Majumdar ofINC in 1982.[9] Kalipada Barman ofRSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar ofINC in 1977.[10][11]
Panchanan Sinha ofINC won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Ashok Chaudhuri ofRSP won in 1969.[14] Shakila Khatun ofINC won in 1967[15] and 1962.[16] The seat did not exist prior to that.
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