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, 2019
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPI
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2019
3,50,369
24.44% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
BJPSayantan Basu
- Votes
- 4,31,709
- Vote share
- 30.12%
- Behind by
- 3,50,369
Electors
16,78,357
Total votes polled
14,33,339
Valid votes
14,33,339
NOTA votes
9,106
0.64% of votes polled
Turnout
85.4%
Full result, 2019
13 candidates · 14,33,339 valid votes
Nusrat Jahan RuhiAITCwon
7,82,078
54.6%
Sayantan BasuBJP
4,31,709
30.1%
Quazi Abdur RahimINC
1,04,183
7.3%
Pallab SenguptaCPI
68,316
4.8%
Parimal MistriIND
10,953
0.8%
Abul Kashem DhaliBSP
4,680
0.3%
Subhasis Kumar BhowmikIND
4,301
0.3%
Amiya SarkarIND
4,065
0.3%
Ajay Kumar BainSUCIC
3,824
0.3%
Abdul Hannan SardarIND
3,433
0.2%
Md. Tabarok Hossain MollaALINLBP
2,707
0.2%
Mizanoor RahamanIND
2,375
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
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.
