Basirhat is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South East Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Basirhat Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 75.78%. There are 14,90,596 voters of which 7,77,768 are male and 7,12,812 are female and 16 voters of the third gender.
Idris Ali of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPI. TMC polled 4,92,326 of the total of 12,73,772 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Basirhat goes to the polls in the 7st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 19, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 85.47%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 18 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,90,596 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,77,768 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,12,812 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 85.47% | 86.62% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,09,659 | 60,383 |
| Margin of Victory % | 8.61% | 5.82% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 85.47% | 86.62% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,09,659 | 60,383 |
| Margin of Victory % | 8.61% | 5.82% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 782078 | 54.56% | Nusrat Jahan RuhiWinner |
| BJP | 431709 | 30.12% | Sayantan Basu |
| INC | 104183 | 7.27% | Quazi Abdur Rahim |
| CPI | 68316 | 4.77% | Pallab Sengupta |
| IND | 10953 | 0.76% | Parimal Mistri |
| NOTA | 9106 | 0.64% | Nota |
| BSP | 4680 | 0.33% | Abul Kashem Dhali |
| IND | 4301 | 0.30% | Subhasis Kumar Bhowmik |
| IND | 4065 | 0.28% | Amiya Sarkar |
| SUCI | 3824 | 0.27% | Jay Kumar Bain |
| IND | 3433 | 0.24% | Abdul Hannan Sardar |
| AILP | 2707 | 0.19% | Md. Tabarok Hossain Molla |
| IND | 2375 | 0.17% | Mizanoor Rahaman |
| BNRP | 1609 | 0.11% | Mamul Hasan Mallik |
