Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. Overview. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Election Results. Legislative Assembly Election 2011. Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006. Subhas Naskar of RSP won the Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 1982 to 2006, defeating Amal  Kanti Roy of BJP in 2006, Jayanta Sarkar of AITC in 2001 and 1996, Bipin Behari Sardar of INC in 1991 and 1987, and Jnanendranath Majumdar of INC in 1982. Kalipada Barman of RSP defeated Chittaranjan Naskar of INC in 1977. Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972. Panchanan Sinha of INC won in 1972 and 1971. Ashok Chaudhuri of RSP won in 1969. Shakila Khatun of INC won in 1967 and 1962. The seat did not exist prior to that.