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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 Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Basirhat {{Small|WB-18}}
| map_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}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency
| established = 1951-present
| reservation = None
| party =
| mp = Vacant<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=2024-09-25|title=Haji Nurul Islam Passes away|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/basirhat-mp-haji-nurul-islam-passed-away-dgtld/cid/1548310|access-date=2024-09-25|work=Anandabazar Patrika|issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| assembly_cons = [[Baduria Assembly constituency|Baduria]] [[Haroa Assembly constituency|Haroa]] [[Minakhan Assembly constituency|Minakhan]] [[Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency|Sandeshkhali]] [[Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency|Basirhat Dakshin]] [[Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency|Basirhat Uttar]] [[Hingalganj Assembly constituency|Hingalganj]]
| electors = 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>
}}
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'''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 sortable"
! No
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|99
|[[Baduria Assembly constituency|Baduria]]
| rowspan="7" |[[North 24 Parganas]]
|[[Abdur Rahim Quazi]]
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=7}}
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|121
|[[Haroa Assembly constituency|Haroa]]
|[[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]]
|-
|122
|[[Minakhan Assembly constituency|Minakhan]] (SC)
|[[Usha Rani Mondal]]
|-
|123
|[[Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency|Sandeshkhali]] (ST)
|[[Sukumar Mahata]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|124
|[[Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency|Basirhat Dakshin]]
|[[Saptarshi Banerjee]]
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|125
|[[Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency|Basirhat Uttar]]
|[[Rafikul Islam Mondal]]
|-
|126
|[[Hingalganj Assembly constituency|Hingalganj]] (SC)
|[[Debes Mondal|Debesh Mondal]]
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Name of M.P.!!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]*||1952-57||[[Renu Chakravartty]]||{{Full party name with color|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||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]*||1957-62||Renu Chakravartty||{{Full party name with color|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||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||rowspan=2|[[Humayun Kabir (Bengal politician)|Humayun Kabir]]<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||{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}<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>
|-
|1969^||1970-72||[[Sardar Amjad Ali]]<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||{{Full party name with color|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||{{Full party name with color|Janata Party }}<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||rowspan=2|[[Indrajit Gupta]]|| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=8}}<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<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||rowspan=2|[[Manoranjan Sur]]<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<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||rowspan=4|[[Ajay Chakraborty]]<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<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<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<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]]||{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}<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]]||2014-19||[[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]<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]]||2019-24||[[Nusrat Jahan]]
|-
| [[18th Lok Sabha|Eighteenth]]||2024-24||[[Haji Nurul Islam]]<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|}
.* In 1951 and 1957, Basirhat has dual seats.

^ By-election.

==Election results==
=====2026 by-election=====
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 elections in India#Lok Sabha by-elections|2026 Basirhat by-election]]: [[Basirhat]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[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 gain with party link
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===General election 2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Basirhat]]
<ref name="Basirhat Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Basirhat Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/basirhat |accessdate=12 July 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712043958/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/basirhat |archivedate=12 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate= [[Haji Nurul Islam]]
|party=Trinamool Congress
|votes= 803,762
|percentage= 52.76
|change={{decrease}}1.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =Rekha Patra
|party =Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 470,215
|percentage = 30.87
|change = {{increase}}0.75
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Akhtar Rahaman Biswas
|votes = 123,500
|percentage = 8.11
|change = new
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate= [[Nirapada Sardar]]
|party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes= 77,899
|percentage= 5.11
|change={{increase}}0.34
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate= Mafijul Molla
|party= Independent
|votes= 11,833
|percentage= 0.78
|change=''New''
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 5,248
|percentage = 0.34
|change = {{decrease}}0.30
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 333,547
|percentage = 21.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,23,401
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Basirhat]]<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/ |title=General Election 2019 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Nusrat Jahan|Nusrat Jahan Ruhi]]|votes=782,078|percentage=54.56|change=+15.91}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Sayantan Basu|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=431,709|percentage=30.12|change=+11.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Quazi Abdur Rahim|party=Indian National Congress|votes=104,183|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=350,369|percentage=24.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,433,769|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 = 4,79,650
|percentage = 45.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ajay Chakraborty
|votes = 4,19,267
|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 = All India 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 = 60,383
|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 (Bengal politician)|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
|[[Janata Party ]]
|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==
{{reflist}}

==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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