Basirhat Uttar is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Prior to 2011 Basirhat had one assembly constituency. From 2011 it will have two constituencies Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basirhat Dakshin is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Prior to 2011 Basirhat had one assembly constituency. From 2011 it will have two constituencies Basirhat Dakshin and Basirhat Uttar...

 and Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Hasnabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hasnabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hasnabad was an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Hasnabad ceases to exist from 2011. Prior to 2011 Basirhat had one assembly constituency...

 ceases to exist from 2011.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, 125 Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Basirhat II

Basirhat II (Community development block)

Basirhat II is an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Basirhat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Krishna Madanpur...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, and Amlani, Bhebia, Makhal Gachha, Murarisha gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s of Hasnabad community development block.

Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Basirhat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Basirhat in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

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2011

Mostafa bin Kassem, the CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar, was found dead outside Kyd street MLA’s Hostel on 29 May 2011.

1977-2006 Basirhat

During the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC

Indian National Congress

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 in 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 in 2001, Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996, Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982 and 1977.

1951-1972 Basirhat

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Lalit Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1972 and 1971.A.B.Bandopadhyay of CPI

Communist Party of India

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 won in 1969 and 1967. Bijesh Chandra sen of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Profulla Nath Banerjee of Congress won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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 and in independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

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