Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

For other uses, see Basirhat (disambiguation).

Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 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.

Basirhat WB-18
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Baduria Haroa Minakhan Sandeshkhali Basirhat Dakshin Basirhat Uttar Hingalganj
Established	1951-present
Total electors	14,90,596[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vacant[2]

Most Successful parties from Basirhat Lok Sabha

1. Communist Party of India (10 times) (52.63%)
2. Indian National Congress (4 times) (15.79%)
3. Trinamool Congress(4 times) (15.79%)
4. Bangla Congress (2 times) (10.53%)
5. Janata Party (1 time) (5.26%)

Overview

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.^[3]The Indian Express estimates the proportion of Muslims in Basirhat's electorate at 54%.^[4]

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 assembly segments from 2009:^[5]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
99	Baduria	North 24 Parganas	Abdur Rahim Quazi		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
121	Haroa		Sheikh Rabiul Islam
122	Minakhan (SC)		Usha Rani Mondal
123	Sandeshkhali (ST)		Sukumar Mahata				Bharatiya Janata Party
124	Basirhat Dakshin		Saptarshi Banerjee				Trinamool Congress
125	Basirhat Uttar		Rafikul Islam Mondal
126	Hingalganj (SC)		Debesh Mondal

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party
First*	1952-57	Renu Chakravartty		Communist Party of India[6]
		Patiram Roy		Indian National Congress[6]
Second*	1957-62	Renu Chakravartty		Communist Party of India[7]
		Pareshnath Kayal		Indian National Congress[7]
Third	1962-67	Humayun Kabir[8]
Fourth	1967-69	Humayun Kabir		Bangla Congress[9]
1969^	1970-72	Sardar Amjad Ali[10]
Fifth	1971-77	A.K.M.Ishaque		Indian National Congress[11]
Sixth	1977-80	Alhaj M.A.Hannan		Janata Party[12]
Seventh	1980-84	Indrajit Gupta		Communist Party of India[13]
Eighth	1984-89	Indrajit Gupta[14]
Ninth	1989-91	Manoranjan Sur[15]
Tenth	1991-96	Manoranjan Sur[16]
Eleventh	1996-98	Ajay Chakraborty[17]
Twelfth	1998-99	Ajay Chakraborty[18]
Thirteenth	1999-04	Ajay Chakraborty[19]
Fourteenth	2004-09	Ajay Chakraborty[20]
Fifteenth	2009-14	Haji Nurul Islam		Trinamool Congress[21]
Sixteenth	2014-19	Idris Ali[22]
Seventeenth	2019-24	Nusrat Jahan
Eighteenth	2024-24	Haji Nurul Islam[2]

.* In 1951 and 1957, Basirhat has dual seats.

^ By-election.

Election results

2025 by-election

2025 Basirhat by-election: Basirhat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	CPI(M)
	ISF
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2024

2024 Indian general election: Basirhat ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Haji Nurul Islam	803,762	52.76	1.80
	BJP	Rekha Patra	470,215	30.87	0.75
	ISF	Akhtar Rahaman Biswas	123,500	8.11	new
	CPI(M)	Nirapada Sardar	77,899	5.11	0.34
	Independent	Mafijul Molla	11,833	0.78	New
	NOTA	None of the above	5,248	0.34	0.30
Majority			333,547
Turnout			15,23,401
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Basirhat^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nusrat Jahan Ruhi	782,078	54.56	+15.91
	BJP	Sayantan Basu	431,709	30.12	+11.76
	INC	Quazi Abdur Rahim	104,183	7.27	−0.75
	CPI	Pallab Sengupta	68,316	4.77	−25.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,106	0.64	−0.14
Majority			350,369	24.4
Turnout			1,433,769	85.43	TBA
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Basirhat^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Idris Ali	4,92,326	38.65	−7.55
	CPI	Nurul Sekh	3,82,667	30.04	−10.34
	BJP	Samik Bhattacharya	2,33,887	18.36	+11.81
	INC	Abdur Rahim Kazi	1,02,137	8.02	N/A
	AIUDF	Siddiqullah Chowdhury	25,178	1.97	−2.01
	Independent	Ranjit Gayen	8,088	0.63	−0.70
	BSP	Gopal Das	7,016	0.55	−0.18
	SUCI(C)	Ajay Kumar Bain	6,532	0.51	N/A
	Independent	Md. Hafiz	5,976	0.46	N/A
	None of the Above	None of the Above	9,971	0.78	N/A
Majority			1,09,659	8.61	+2.89
Turnout			12,73,771	85.45	−1.17
	AITC hold		Swing	-7.55

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Basirhat^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sk. Nurul Islam	4,79,650	45.92
	CPI	Ajay Chakraborty	4,19,267	40.20
	BJP	Swapan Kumar Das	67,690	6.51
	AIUDF	Siddiqullah Chowdhury	41,338	3.98
	Independent	Ranjit Gain	13,888	1.33
	BSP	Jiaul Haque	7,590	0.73
	LJP	Chhalauddin Molla	4,239	0.40
	IUML	Salim Makkar	4,023	0.38
Majority			60,383	5.72
Turnout			10,38,209	86.62
	AITC gain from CPI		Swing

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	19	18	31.8
Indian National Congress	6	0	13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	1	1	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	17	33.1
Communist Party of India	2	1	3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	1	3.56
Forward bloc	2	1	3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party	1	1	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:

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[6]
1957	Paresh Nath Kayal	Indian National Congress
	Renu Chakravartty	Communist Party of India	Pratima Bose	Indian National Congress[7]
1962	Humayun Kabir	Indian National Congress	Abdur Razzak Khan	Communist Party of India[8]
1967	Humayun Kabir	Bangla Congress	A.K.M Ishaque	Indian National Congress[9]
1969 (Bye election)	Sardar Amjad Ali	Bangla Congress	K.A.Makkar	PML[10]
1971	A.K.M. Ishaque	Indian National Congress	Md. Abdulla Rasul	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1977	Alhaj M A Hannan	Janata Party	A.K.M.Ishaque	Indian National Congress[12]
1980	Indrajit Gupta	Communist Party of India	Abdul Gaffar Quazi	Indian National Congress (I)[13]
1984	Indrajit Gupta	Communist Party of India	Kamal Basu	Indian National Congress[14]
1989	Monoranjan Sur	Communist Party of India	Sardar Amjad Ali	Indian National Congress[15]
1991	Monoranjan Sur	Communist Party of India	Sardar Amjad Ali	Indian National Congress[16]
1996	Ajay Chakraborty	Communist Party of India	Dilip Majumder	Indian National Congress[17]
1998	Ajay Chakraborty	Communist Party of India	Sudipto Roy	Trinamool Congress[18]
1999	Ajay Chakraborty	Communist Party of India	M Nuruzzaman	All India Trinamool Congress[19]
2004	Ajay Chakraborty	Communist Party of India	Sujit Bose	All India Trinamool Congress[20]

See also

• Basirhat
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha