# Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency

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

## Overview

According to the Hindustan Times, Basirhat and Bangaon have the most porous stretch of West Bengal's 2,217 km border with Bangladesh.The Indian Express estimates the proportion of Muslims in Basirhat's electorate at 54%.

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

## Members of Parliament

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party |
| First* | 1952-57 | Renu Chakravartty | Communist Party of India |
| | | Patiram Roy | Indian National Congress |
| Second* | 1957-62 | Renu Chakravartty | Communist Party of India |
| | | Pareshnath Kayal | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Humayun Kabir | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-69 | Humayun Kabir | Bangla Congress |
| 1969^ | 1970-72 | Sardar Amjad Ali | Bangla Congress |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | A.K.M.Ishaque | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Alhaj M.A.Hannan | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Manoranjan Sur | Communist Party of India |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Manoranjan Sur | Communist Party of India |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Haji Nurul Islam | Trinamool Congress |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Idris Ali | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Nusrat Jahan | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-24 | Haji Nurul Islam | Trinamool Congress |
.* In 1951 and 1957, Basirhat has dual seats.
^ By-election.

## Election results
### 2025 by-election

2025 Basirhat by-election: Basirhat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AITC | | |
| | BJP | | |
| | CPI(M) | | |
| | ISF | | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | | | Swing |

### 2024

2024 Indian general election: Basirhat :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 333,547 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,23,401 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Basirhat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nusrat Jahan Ruhi | 782,078 | 54.56 | −2.91 |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 350,369 | 24.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433,769 | 85.43 | TBA |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Basirhat :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,09,659 | 8.61 | +2.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,73,771 | 85.45 | −1.17 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -7.55 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Basirhat :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 60,383 | 5.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,38,209 | 86.62 |
| | AITC gain from CPI | 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 |
| 1957 | Paresh Nath Kayal | Indian National Congress | | |
| | Renu Chakravartty | Communist Party of India | Pratima Bose | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Humayun Kabir | Indian National Congress | Abdur Razzak Khan | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Humayun Kabir | Bangla Congress | A.K.M Ishaque | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 (Bye election) | Sardar Amjad Ali | Bangla Congress | K.A.Makkar | PML |
| 1971 | A.K.M. Ishaque | Indian National Congress | Md. Abdulla Rasul | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | Alhaj M A Hannan | Janata Party | A.K.M.Ishaque | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Abdul Gaffar Quazi | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Kamal Basu | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Monoranjan Sur | Communist Party of India | Sardar Amjad Ali | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Monoranjan Sur | Communist Party of India | Sardar Amjad Ali | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | Dilip Majumder | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | Sudipto Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | M Nuruzzaman | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress |