# Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency

Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 125 Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Basirhat II community development block, and Amlani, Bhebia, Makhal Gachha, Murarisha gram panchayats of Hasnabad community development block.
Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency is part of 18. Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Basirhat ||||
| 1951 | Profulla Nath Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Profulla Nath Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Bijesh Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | A.B. Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | A.B. Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Lalit Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Lalit Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Basirhat Uttar ||||
| 2011 | Mostafa Bin Qaseem | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011^ | ATM Abdullah | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Rafikul Islam Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Rafikul Islam Mondal | Trinamool Congress |
* ^ denotes by-election

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Basirhat Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rafikul Islam Mondal | 137,216 | 57.55 | 12.01 |
| | ISF | Mohammad Baijid Amin | 47,865 | 20.08 | New |
| | BJP | Narayan Chandra Mondal | 47,505 | 19.92 | 13.81 |
| | Independent | Taslima Khatun | 2,014 | 0.84 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,952 | 0.82 | 0.42 |
| | Independent | Mohammad Kased Ali Sardar | 1,874 | 0.79 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89,351 | 37.47 | 37.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,38,426 | 88.95 | 0.67 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Basirhat Uttar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Rafikul Islam Mondal | 97,828 | 45.74 | 8.85 |
| | AITC | ATM Abdullah | 97,336 | 45,51 | 11.44 |
| | BJP | Tarafan Ali Gazi | 13,072 | 6.11 | 1.62 |
| | BSP | Abul Kasem Dhali | 3,006 | 1.41 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,636 | 1.24 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | 0.23 | 19.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,13,885 | 89.62 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |
The percentage changes of the 2016 election is calculated based upon the 2011 Bypoll.

### 2011 by-election

A by-election in 2011 was necessitated by the death of Mostafa bin Kassem, the CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar, who was found dead outside Kyd street MLA's Hostel on 29 May 2011.
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | ATM Abdullah | 87,899 | 56.95 | 14.12 |
| | CPI(M) | Subid Ali Gazi | 56,948 | 36.89 | 8.30 |
| | BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | 6,938 | 4.49 | 1.08 |
| | Independent | Ajit Pramanick | 2,964 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,339 | 80.35 | 6.49 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |
The percentage changes of the bypoll is calculated from the 2011 assembly election.

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Mostafa Bin Qaseem | 75,576 | 45.19 | |
| | AITC | Sardar Amzad Ali | 71,632 | 42.83 | |
| | BJP | Somen Mandal | 9,316 | 5.57 | |
| | People’s Democratic Conference of India | Rafikul Mandal | 7,327 | | |
| | BSP | Prosanta Biswas | 1,829 | | |
| | All india Minorities Front | Anwar Hossain Mollah | 1,569 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,248 | 86.84 | |
| | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) |
As per 2011 census the total population of basirhat uttar is 338937,Hindu 115986,Muslim 222264,Other 687.Hindu 34.22%,Muslim 65.58%,Other 0.20%.

### 1977-2006 Basirhat

During the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC in 2006, Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982 and 1977.

### 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 and 1971. A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Bijesh Chandra Sen of Congress won in 1962. Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.