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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Basirhat Dakshin
| 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/Basirhat Dakshin.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Dakshin Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Surajit Mitra
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| constituency_no = 124
| established = 1951
| electors = 212,872
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the only urbanizated assembly constituency of [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency]] with 55 percent of urban voters because of the presence of [[Basirhat|Basirhat Greater Municipal Area]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], 124 Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Basirhat]] municipality, [[Basirhat I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and [[Taki (India)|Taki]] municipality.<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= 15 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of 18. [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |{{Center|''Till 2011 : Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Narayan Mukherjee
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|2014^
|[[Samik Bhattacharya]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Dipendu Biswas]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Saptarshi Banerjee]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Surajit Mitra
|}
*^ denotes by-election
^ By-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Basirhat Dakshin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Surajit Mitra|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Sourya Banerjee|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ayenul Arefin|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Babu Gazi|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Hiranmoy Mondal|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Amirul Gazi|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=IND|candidate=Jishudeep Majumder|votes=|percentage=|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:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Basirhat Dakshin}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Saptarshi Banerjee]]
|votes = 1,15,873
|percentage = 49.15
|change = {{increase}}8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tarak Nath Ghosh
|votes = 91,405
|percentage = 38.77
|change = {{increase}}9.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Amit Majumdar
|votes = 23,089
|percentage = 9.79
|change = {{decrease}}16.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,689
|percentage = 0.72
|change = {{decrease}}0.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Debashis Sarkar
|votes = 1,470
|percentage = 0.62
|change = {{increase}}0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Bain
|votes = 1,347
|percentage = 0.57
|change = {{increase}}0.08
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 24,468
|percentage = 10.38
|change = {{decrease}}0.72
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,35,737
|percentage = 85.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Basirhat Dakshin}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dipendu Biswas]]
|votes = 88,085
|percentage = 40.65
|change = +11.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Samik Bhattacharya
|votes = 64,027
|percentage = 29.55
|change = +25.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asit Majumdar
|votes = 57,035
|percentage = 26.32
|change = -37.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,949
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Debabrata Biswas
|votes = 1,462
|percentage = 0.67
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dilip Bairagi
|votes = 1,133
|percentage = 0.52
|change = -1.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Bain
|votes = 1,081
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Barun Das
|votes = 964
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party of India (A)
|candidate = Tasirul Mondal
|votes = 903
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 24,058
|percentage = 11.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,16,639
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 by-election===
A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.<ref name=vidhansabha2014by>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main1/current/ByeElecResult2014_WestBengal.pdf|title = 124 Basirhat Dakshin Constituency| work= Bye election 2014|publisher= Election Commission of India | access-date = 23 September 2014}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal state assembly bye-election, 2014: Basirhat Dakshin constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2014by/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samik Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 71,002
|percentage = 37.43
|change = +33.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dipendu Biswas]]
|votes = 69,416
|percentage = 36.59
|change = +7.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Mrinal Chakraborty
|votes = 24,884
|percentage = 13.12
|change = -22.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asit Majumdar
|votes = 21,958
|percentage = 11.58
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Bain
|votes = 2,431
|percentage = 1.28
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,586
|percentage = 0.84
|change = -5.82
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,89,694
|percentage = 80.43
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +22.09
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Basirhat Dakshin constituency<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=8 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170156/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=124 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=13 May 2012 |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Basirhat Dakshin |publisher=Empowering India |access-date=24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = '''Narayan Mukherjee'''
|votes = 66,924
|percentage = 35.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Narayan Goswami
|votes = 54,514
|percentage = 29.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Asit Majumdar
|votes = 52,484
|percentage = 28.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Hajarilal Sarkar
|votes = 7,282
|percentage = 3.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Amitosh Kumar Mondal
|votes = 3,572
|percentage = 1.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Hafijul Mistri
|votes = 1,391
|percentage = 0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,410
|percentage = 6.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 186,157
|percentage = 87.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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 [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> Souren Sen of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> and 1987,<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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982<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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp95.htm |title =95 - Basirhat Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===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 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 = 8 September 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> A.B.Bandopadhyay of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|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 = 8 September 2014}}</ref> Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 8 September 2014}}</ref> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 8 September 2014}}</ref>

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