Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

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[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Vacant[2]

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.[3]The Indian Express estimates the proportion of Muslims in Basirhat's electorate at 54%.[4]

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:[5]

# Name District MLA, from 2026 MLA's Party 2024 LS Lead
99 Baduria North 24 Parganas Burhanul Mukaddim AITC AITC
121 Haroa Abdul Matin Muhammad
122 Minakhan (SC) Usha Rani Mondal
123 Sandeshkhali (ST) Sanat Sardar BJP BJP
124 Basirhat Dakshin Surajit Mitra AITC AITC
125 Basirhat Uttar Tauseffur Rahman
126 Hingalganj (SC) Rekha Patra BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1952Renu Chakravartty Communist Party of India
Patiram Roy Indian National Congress
1957 Renu Chakravartty Communist Party of India
Pareshnath Kayal Indian National Congress
1962 Humayun Kabir
1967 Bangla Congress
1970^ Sardar Amjad Ali
1971 A. K. M. Ishaque Indian National Congress
1977 Alhaj M.A. Hannan Janata Party
1980 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India
1984
1989 Manoranjan Sur
1991
1996 Ajay Chakraborty
1998
1999
2004
2009 Haji Nurul Islam Trinamool Congress
2014 Idris Ali
2019 Nusrat Jahan
2024 Haji Nurul Islam
2026^

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

^ By-election.

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2026 (by-poll)
 
 0.00%
2024
 
 52.76%
2019
 
 54.56%
2014
 
 38.65%
2009
 
 45.92%
2004
 
 50.97%
1999
 
 47.64%
1998
 
 48.85%
1996
 
 50.63%
1991
 
 47.02%
1989
 
 50.31%
1984
 
 51.90%
1980
 
 57.62%
1977
 
 49.28%
1971
 
 41.26%
1970 (by-poll)
 
 40.99%
1967
 
 70.87%
1962
 
 53.74%
1957
 
 24.08%
1957
 
 21.76%
1952
 
 27.50%
1952
 
 23.83%

2026 by-election

2024

2024 Indian general election: Basirhat [6]
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 21.89
Turnout 15,23,401
AITC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Basirhat[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nusrat Jahan Ruhi 782,078 54.56 +15.91
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

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Basirhat[8]
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
NOTA 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

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Basirhat[9]
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

2004

2004 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ajay Chakraborty 462,605 50.97
AITC Sujit Bose 280,521 30.91
INC Syed Md. Nizamuddin 109,629 12.08
SP Md. Quamruzzaman 25,773 2.84
Independent Kartick Chandra Sarkar 12,487 1.38
BSP Gopal Debnath 7,301 0.80
INL Ashrafi Hassan Shahidullah 4,780 0.53
Independent Ajoy Ghora 4,489 0.49
Majority 182,084 20.06
Turnout
CPI hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ajoy Chakraborty 407,903 47.64
AITC M. Nuruzzaman 325,316 37.99
INC Abu Tayeb M. Moazam Hossin 118,612 13.85
IUML Md. Sahadat Ali 2,417 0.28
Independent Arun Ghosh 2,047 0.24
Majority 82,587 9.65
Turnout 866,835 80.93
CPI hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ajay Chakraborty 425,442 48.85
AITC Dr. Sudipto Roy 305,366 35.06
INC Susanta Ghosh 131,887 15.14
INL Molla Jaforulla 6,364 0.73
SS Biddyut Poddar 1,114 0.13
Independent Biswapati Sur 736 0.08
Majority 120,076 13.79
Turnout 882,985 83.83
CPI hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ajay Chakraborty 453,126 50.63
INC Dilip Majumder 367,110 41.02
BJP Ramendra Kumar Bhattacharya 62,620 7.00
Independent Debaprasad Bhanja Chaudhuri 4,585 0.51
INL A. K. M. Nasiruddin 4,530 0.51
IUML Alhaz Abdus Salam 1,843 0.21
BKUS Liakat Mondol 1,118 0.12
Majority 86,016 9.61
Turnout 912,574 89.20
CPI hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Monoranjan Sur 357,774 47.02
INC Sardar Amjad Ali 286,132 37.60
BJP Sukumar Banerji 103,035 13.54
Independent Debaprasad Bhanja Choudhury 4,279 0.56
JP Dhiendra Nath Ghosh 3,370 0.44
DDP Shyam Narayan Jeshowara 1,770 0.23
IUML Al-Gaz Abdul Salam 1,670 0.22
Independent Liakat Ali Mondal 1,509 0.20
BSP Amarendra Nath Biswas 1,383 0.18
Majority 71,642 9.42
Turnout 774,768 84.30
CPI hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Monoranjan Sur 382,555 50.31
INC Sardar Amjad Ali 362,212 47.64
Independent Subrata Chatterjee 5,520 0.73
Independent Liakat Ali Mandal 4,118 0.54
Independent Md. Ali Mazhar Hassan 3,841 0.51
BSP Biswa Pati Biswas 1,542 0.20
Independent Dipak Kumar Sarkar 549 0.07
Majority 20,343 2.67
Turnout 770,589 86.31
CPI hold Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 315,444 51.90
INC Kamal Basu 276,401 45.48
IUML Mohammed Ali Mazhar Hassan 5,623 0.93
Independent Liyakat Ali Mondal 3,545 0.58
BJP Harendra Nath Roy 2,781 0.46
Independent Tushar Kanti Ghosh 1,707 0.28
Independent Jasoara Sayam 1,506 0.25
Independent Shamsul Haque 772 0.13
Majority 39,043 6.42
Turnout 617,980 81.88
CPI hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 311,121 57.62
INC(I) Abdul Gaffar Quazi 215,267 39.86
JP Alhaj M. A. Hannan 8,365 1.55
IUML Alhaj Md. Adbus Salam 3,449 0.64
Independent Paresh Nath Kayal 900 0.17
Independent Mihir Kumar Haldar 894 0.17
Majority 95,854 17.76
Turnout 550,004 78.93
Swing to CPI from JP Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Alhaj M. A. Hannan 168,644 49.28
INC A. K. M. Ishaque 156,458 45.72
Independent Jahangir Kabir 9,543 2.79
Independent A. K. M. Hassan Uzzaman 7,583 2.22
Majority 12,186 3.56
Turnout 351,244 60.17
Swing to JP from INC Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. K. M. Ishaque 128,640 41.26
CPI(M) Md. Abdulla Rasul 73,730 23.65
CPI Mohammad Elias 53,755 17.24
Independent K. Abubackar Makkar 40,284 12.92
INC(O) Bijesh Chandra Sen 10,620 3.41
Independent Phani Dutta 4,775 1.53
Majority 54,910 17.61
Turnout 323,367 60.17
Swing to INC from Bangla Congress Swing

1970 by-election

1970 Basirhat by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bangla Congress S. A. Ali 86,593 40.99
PML K. A. M. Makkar 74,555 35.29
NCJ A. K. M. Ishaque 50,096 23.71
Majority 12,038 5.70
Turnout
Bangla Congress hold Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bangla Congress H. Kabir 240,491 70.87
INC A. K. M. Ishaque 98,852 29.13
Majority 141,639 41.74
Turnout 353,335 71.14
Swing to Bangla Congress from INC Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Basirhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Humayun Kabir 167,476 53.74
CPI Abdur Razzak Khan 113,417 36.39
ABJS Devaprosad Ghosh 30,742 9.86
Majority 54,059 17.35
Turnout 322,678 62.07
INC win (new seat)

1957

1957 Indian general election: Basirhat (Dual-member constituency)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Paresh Nath Kayal 205,832 24.08
CPI Renu Chakravartty 186,004 21.76
INC Pratima Bose 173,728 20.33
CPI Dharmadas Roy 140,516 16.44
Independent A. K. M. Ishaque 92,014 10.77
Independent Matindra Nath Halder 31,258 3.66
ABJS Girindra Nath Mondal 25,397 2.97
Majority 19,828 2.32
Turnout 854,749 47.85

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Basirhat (Dual-member constituency)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Renu Chakravartty 172,182 27.50
INC Satya Hari Datta 149,212 23.83
INC Patiram Roy 128,716 20.56
Independent Girindra Nath Mondal 61,252 9.78
Independent Susil Kumar Roy Chaudhury 58,875 9.40
Independent Fani Dutta 35,502 5.67
Independent Sunil Krishna Roy Chowdhury 20,304 3.24
Majority 22,970 3.67
Turnout 626,043 41.03

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Haji Nurul Islam Passes away". Anandabazar Patrika. 25 September 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Border residents debate Modis views on Bangladeshis". Hindustan Times, 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "In Basirhat, 3 Muslims vs BJP's "minority"". The Indian Express. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Basirhat Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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