Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Basirhat Uttar | |
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 Basirhat Uttar
 Basirhat Uttar
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| Coordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°ECoordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 125 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Basirhat |
| Electorate (year) | 192,587 (2011) |
Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Hasnabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 125 Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Basirhat II community development block, and Amlani, Bhebia, Makhal Gachha, Murarisha gram panchayats of Hasnabad community development block.
Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 18. Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).
A by-election in 2011 was necessitated by the death of Mostafa bin Kassem, the CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar, who was found dead outside Kyd street MLA’s Hostel on 29 May 2011.
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2011: Basirhat Uttar constituency
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
As per 2011 census the total population of basirhat uttar is 338937,Hindu 115986,Muslim 222264,Other 687.Hindu 34.22%,Muslim 65.58%,Other 0.20%.
During the period Narayan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won seven elections in a row from 95 Basirhat assembly constituency, defeating his nearest rivals Asit Majumdar of INC in 2006,Souren Sen of Trinamool Congress in 2001,Asit Majumdar of Congress in 1996,Dilip Mazumdar of Congress in 1991and 1987,and Debi Prasad Nanda of Congress in 1982and 1977.
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