BASIRHAT
Constituency no. 18 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BASIRHAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 2014
IDRIS ALI
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPI
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2014
1,09,659
8.61% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
CPINURUL HUDA
- Votes
- 3,82,667
- Vote share
- 30.04%
- Behind by
- 1,09,659
Electors
14,90,596
Total votes polled
12,73,771
Valid votes
12,73,771
NOTA votes
9,971
0.78% of votes polled
Turnout
85.5%
Full result, 2014
9 candidates · 12,73,771 valid votes
IDRIS ALIAITCwon
4,92,326
38.6%
NURUL HUDACPI
3,82,667
30.0%
SAMIK BHATTACHARYABJP
2,33,887
18.4%
ABDUR RAHIM QUAZIINC
1,02,130
8.0%
CHOWDHURY SIDDIQULLAHAIUDF
25,178
2.0%
RANJIT GAYENIND
8,088
0.6%
GOPAL DASBSP
7,016
0.6%
AJAY KUMAR BAINSUCI
6,532
0.5%
MD. HAFIZIND
5,976
0.5%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SK NURUL ISLAM | AITC | 8,03,762 | 52.76% | REKHA PATRA | 3,33,547 |
| 2019 | Nusrat Jahan Ruhi | AITC | 7,82,078 | 54.56% | Sayantan Basu | 3,50,369 |
| 2014 | IDRIS ALI | AITC | 4,92,326 | 38.65% | NURUL HUDA | 1,09,659 |
| 2009 | SK. NURUL ISLAM | AITC | 4,79,650 | 46.20% | AJAY CHAKRABORTY | 60,383 |
| 2004 | Ajay Chakraborty | CPI | 4,62,605 | 50.97% | Sujit Bose | 1,82,084 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BASIRHAT constituency in 2024?
SK NURUL ISLAM (AITC) won BASIRHAT in 2024, by a margin of 3,33,547 votes.
Which party has won BASIRHAT the most times?
CPI, with 8 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BASIRHAT gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won BASIRHAT the most times?
AJAY CHAKRABORTY, with 2 wins between 1996 and 1998.
