Basanti Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Basanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amjhara, Basanti, Bharatgarh, Charabidya, Foolmalancha, Jharkhali, Jyotishpur, Kanthalberia, Nafarganj, Ramchandrakhali and Uttar Mokamberia gram panchayats of Basanti community development block Atharobanki gram panchayat of Canning II community development block
Basanti Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year Name Party 1962 Shakila Khatun 1967 1969 Ashok Chaudhury 1971 Panchanan Sinha 1972 1977 Kalipada Burman 1982 Subhas Naskar 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 Gobinda Chandra Naskar 2021 Shyamal Mondal 2026 Nilima Mistry
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
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 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.
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.
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