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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal}}
{{other uses|Basirhat (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Basirhat
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Basirhat.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1951-present
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Nusrat Jahan]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baduria]] [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]] [[Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Minakhan]] [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]] [[Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Dakshin]] [[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Uttar]] [[Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hingalganj]]
|Electorate = 14,90,596<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=2 July 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|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 district]].

==Overview==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal''' - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. '''Basirhat''', 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

According to the ''Hindustan Times'', Basirhat and Bangaon have the most porous stretch of West Bengal's 2,217 km border with Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/border-residents-debate-modi-s-warning-to-bangladeshis/article1-1215865.aspx |title=Border residents debate Modis views on Bangladeshis |publisher=Hindustan Times, 6 May 2014 |access-date=13 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623203824/http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/border-residents-debate-modi-s-warning-to-bangladeshis/article1-1215865.aspx |archive-date=23 June 2014 }}</ref>''The Indian Express'' estimates the proportion of Muslims in Basirhat's electorate at 54%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-basirhat-3-muslims-vs-bjps-minority/ |title = In Basirhat, 3 Muslims vs BJP's "minority"| website =The Indian Express|date= 18 March 2014|access-date = 13 June 2014 }}</ref>

==Assembly segments==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 18 Basirhat is composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments from 2009:<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 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|MLA
|-
|99
|[[Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baduria]]
|None
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Abdur Rahim Quazi]]
|-
|121
|[[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]]
|None
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Haji Nurul Islam]]
|-
|122
|[[Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Minakhan]]
|SC
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Usha Rani Mondal]]
|-
|123
|[[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]]
|ST
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Sukumar Mahata]]
|-
|124
|[[Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Dakshin]]
|None
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Saptarshi Banerjee|Dr. Saptarshi Banerjee]]
|-
|125
|[[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Uttar]]
|None
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Rafikul Islam Mondal]]
|-
|126
|[[Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hingalganj]]
|SC
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Debesh Mandal
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||Basirhat||[[Renu Chakravartty]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|||||||Patiram Roy||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||Renu Chakravartty||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||||Pareshnath Kayal||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||||[[Humayun Kabir]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-69||||Humayun Kabir||[[Bangla Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|||1970-72||||Sardar Amjad Ali||Bangla Congress<ref name=bye1970 >{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/bye_election.aspx |title = Details of Bye-elections from 1952 to 1995 (Excel file) | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||A.K.M.Ishaque||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||||Alhaj M.A.Hannan||[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||[[Indrajit Gupta]]|| [[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||Indrajit Gupta||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title = General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||[[Manoranjan Sur]]||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title = General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||[[Manoranjan Sur]]||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title = General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 25 May 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||[[Ajay Chakraborty]]||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||Ajay Chakraborty||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Ajay Chakraborty||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Ajay Chakraborty||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Haji Nurul Islam]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-2019||||[[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]||Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 21 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-Incumbent||||[[Nusrat Jahan]]||[[Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Basirhat]]<ref>http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/UploadFiles/Election/Parliament/2019/Form20/PC18.pdf</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Nusrat Jahan|Nusrat Jahan Ruhi]]|votes=7,82,078|percentage=54.56|change=-2.91}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Sayantan Basu|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=4,31,709|percentage=30.12|change=+11.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Quazi Abdur Rahim|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,04,183|percentage=7.27|change=-0.75}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Pallab Sengupta]]|party=Communist Party of India|votes=68,316|percentage=4.77|change=-25.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=9,106|percentage=0.64|change=-0.14}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,50,369|percentage=24.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=14,33,769|percentage=85.43|change=TBA}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|loser =
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Basirhat]]<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 4,92,326
|percentage = 38.65
|change = -7.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Nurul Sekh
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 3,82,667
|percentage = 30.04
|change = -10.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samik Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 2,33,887
|percentage = 18.36
|change = +11.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Abdur Rahim Kazi
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1,02,137
|percentage = 8.02
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Siddiqullah Chowdhury
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|votes = 25,178
|percentage = 1.97
|change = -2.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ranjit Gayen
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 8,088
|percentage = 0.63
|change = -0.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Gopal Das
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 7,016
|percentage = 0.55
|change = -0.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Bain
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 6,532
|percentage = 0.51
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Md. Hafiz
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 5,976
|percentage = 0.46
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the Above
|votes = 9,971
|percentage = 0.78
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,09,659
|percentage = 8.61
|change = +2.89
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 12,73,771
|percentage = 85.45
|change = -1.17
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -7.55
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Basirhat]]<ref name=loksabha2009 />
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Haji Nurul Islam|Sk. Nurul Islam]]
|votes = 4,79,747
|percentage = 45.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ajay Chakraborty
|votes = 4,19,368
|percentage = 40.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Swapan Kumar Das
|votes = 67,690
|percentage = 6.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Siddiqullah Chowdhury
|votes = 41,338
|percentage = 3.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ranjit Gain
|votes = 13,888
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jiaul Haque
|votes = 7,590
|percentage = 0.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Chhalauddin Molla
|votes = 4,239
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Salim Makkar
|votes = 4,023
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 59,379
|percentage = 5.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,38,209
|percentage = 86.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{election table|title=[[2009 Indian general election]] West Bengal summary}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=225 |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seat change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote percentage
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Trinamool Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}18
| style="text-align:center;" | 31.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}0
| style="text-align:center;" | 13.45
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | NA
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}17
| style="text-align:center;" | 33.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.56
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{decrease}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.04
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{increase}}1
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.14
|-
|}

===General elections 1951-2004===
Basirhat was double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Thereafter, it was a single seat constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner Candidate
!Winner Party
!Runner-up Candidate
!Runner-up Party
|-
|1951
|[[Renu Chakravartty]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|
|
|-
|
|Satya Hari Dutta
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Patiram Roy
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|1957
|Paresh Nath Kayal
|Indian National Congress
|
|
|-
|
|Renu Chakravartty
|Communist Party of India
|Pratima Bose
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|[[Humayun Kabir]]
|Indian National Congress
|Abdur Razzak Khan
|Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|Humayun Kabir
|[[Bangla Congress]]
|A.K.M Ishaque
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1969 (Bye election)
|Sardar Amjad Ali
|Bangla Congress
|K.A.Makkar
|PML<ref name=bye1970/>
|-
|1971
|A.K.M. Ishaque
|Indian National Congress
|Md. Abdulla Rasul
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|Alhaj M A Hannan
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|A.K.M.Ishaque
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|[[Indrajit Gupta]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|Abdul Gaffar Quazi
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|Indrajit Gupta
|Communist Party of India
|Kamal Basu
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|Monoranjan Sur
|Communist Party of India
|Sardar Amjad Ali
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|Monoranjan Sur
|Communist Party of India
|Sardar Amjad Ali
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|Ajay Chakraborty
|Communist Party of India
|Dilip Majumder
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|Ajay Chakraborty
|Communist Party of India
|Sudipto Roy
|[[Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|Ajay Chakraborty
|Communist Party of India
|M Nuruzzaman
|All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|Ajay Chakraborty
|Communist Party of India
|[[Sujit Bose (politician)|Sujit Bose]]
|All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Basirhat]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/basirhat/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Basirhat lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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