Basanti Assembly constituency is a
Legislative Assembly constituency of
South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...
district in the
Indian
State of
West Bengal. It is reserved for
Scheduled Castes.
Overview
As per order of the
Delimitation Commission
The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the vari ...
in respect of the
Delimitation of constituencies in the
West Bengal, Basanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Amjhara,
Basanti, Bharatgarh, Phulmalancha, Jharkhali, Jyotishpur, Kanthalberia, Nafarganj, Ramchandrakhali, Uttar Mokam Baria and Charavidya gram panchayats of
Basanti community development block
* Atharbanki gram panchayat of
Canning II
Canning II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Geography
Canning II CD block is located at . It has an average elevatio ...
community development block
Basanti Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19
Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 ...
.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
2021
Legislative Assembly Election 2016
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
Subhas Naskar of
RSP won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy of
BJP in 2006,
[ Jayanta Sarkar of ]AITC AITC may refer to:
* All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West B ...
in 2001[ and 1996,][ Bipin Behari Sardar of INC in 1991][ and 1987,][ and Jnanendranath Majumdar of INC in 1982.][ Kalipada Barman of RSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of INC in 1977.]
Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972
Panchanan Sinha of INC won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Ashok Chaudhuri of RSP won in 1969.][ Shakila Khatun of INC won in 1967][ and 1962.][ The seat did not exist prior to that.
]
References
Notes
Citations
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of South 24 Parganas district