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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Basanti
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Basanti.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Basanti Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]]
| constituency_no = 128
| established = 1962
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Shyamal Mondal]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 260,618
}}
'''Basanti''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Basanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* Amjhara, Basanti, Bharatgarh, Charabidya, Foolmalancha, Jharkhali, Jyotishpur, Kanthalberia, Nafarganj, Ramchandrakhali and Uttar Mokamberia gram panchayats of [[Basanti (community development block)|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 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Shakila Khatun]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| Ashok Chaudhury
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" | Panchanan Sinha
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Kalipada Burman
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=8}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="7" | [[Subhas Naskar]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| [[Gobinda Chandra Naskar]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Shyamal Mondal]]
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Basanti}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nilima Mistry
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:127,495}}
|percentage = 54.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Bikash Sardar
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:71,314}}
|percentage = 30.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Asit Roy
|party = Indian Secular Front
|votes = {{formatnum:25,924}}
|percentage = 11.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Samar Biswas
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:2,099}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Gopinath Naiya
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:1,186}}
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:1,402}}
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
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{{Election box hold with party link|
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Basanti}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Shyamal Mondal]]
|votes = 111,453
|percentage = 52.10
|change = +2.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ramesh Majhi
|votes = 60,811
|percentage = 28.43
|change = +22.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Subhas Naskar]]
|votes = 36,688
|percentage = 17.15
|change = -23.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,907
|percentage = 0.89
|change = -1.58
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Biswajit Mondal
|votes = 1,635
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Debabrata Mondal
|votes = 728
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Nimai Chandra Mondal
|votes = 688
|percentage = 0.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 213,910
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Election 2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: Basanti (SC) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Gobinda Chandra Naskar]]
|votes = 90,522
|percentage = 49.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Subhas Naskar]]
|votes = 73,915
|percentage = 40.72
|change = -8.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pankaj Roy
|votes = 10,373
|percentage = 5.71
|change = +1.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,487
|percentage = 2.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Mulnibasi Party of India|MPOI]]
|candidate = Himanshu Kayal
|votes = 1,141
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Taranga Mondal
|votes = 1,069
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 181,507
|percentage = 80.61
|change = -0.72
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Basanti<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=128| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170412/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=128| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Basanti| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Subhas Naskar]]
|votes = 72,772
|percentage = 49.07
|change = -17.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Arnab Roy]]
|votes = 66,636
|percentage = 44.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Amal Kanti Roy]]
|votes = 5,676
|percentage = 3.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = People’s Democratic Conference of India
|candidate = [[Samir Das]]
|votes = 3,333
|percentage = 2.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 148,516
|percentage = 81.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
Subhas Naskar of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Basanti Assembly constituency from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal Kanti Roy of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Jayanta Sarkar of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Bipin Behari Sardar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and Jnanendranath Majumdar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Kalipada Barman of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp101.htm |title = 101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972===
Panchanan Sinha of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Ashok Chaudhuri of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Shakila Khatun of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> The seat did not exist prior to that.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

Basanti Assembly constituency - Revision history

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