Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency ( bn, বসিরহাট দক্ষিন বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an
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constituency in
North 24 Parganas district
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in the
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of
West Bengal
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. Prior to 2011 Basirhat had one assembly constituency. From 2011 it will have two constituencies Basirhat Dakshin and
Basirhat Uttar Vidhan Sabha constituencies.
Hasnabad Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, 124 Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Basirhat
Basirhat is a city of West Bengal, India. It is located on the banks of the Ichamati (Ichhamati) River.
Geography
Location
Basirhat is located at .
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The area shown in the map is a part of the Ichhamati-Raimangal Plain, located ...
municipality,
Basirhat I
Basirhat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Basirhat is located at .
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community development block
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, and
Taki municipality.
Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of 18.
Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)
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 d ...
.
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2014 Bye-election
A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.
2011
In the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.
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%.
1977-2006 Basirhat
During the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M)
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won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC
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in 2006
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,Trinamool Congress
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in 2001,
1951-1972 Basirhat
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972CPI
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won in 19691962
Events January
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* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.1957
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References
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