Basanti
Assembly constituency 101 (SC) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2001
#101 · SCAll candidates 4
Turnout 76.8%
Share of 1,78,713 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males993
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
- ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 1,37,189Residual 5
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
4.3 ppDr. Sumay HiraBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
10.9 ppNarayan GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
11.8 ppDhiman RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
16.2 ppDhiman RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
39.3 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 2001
22.1 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1996
6.8 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1991
21.0 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1987
12.8 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1982
20.2 ppSubhas NaskarRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1977
27.0 ppKalipada BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1972
13.1 ppDinesh MajumderCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1971
28.6 ppDinesh MajumderCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
28.6 ppBikesh Chandra GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
7.4 ppB.C.GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1962
Margin not recordedArdhendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.3 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 96.2% of votes; the other 2 candidates 3.8% between them.
(81,177 + 50,829) ÷ 1,37,194 = 96.2% · 5,183 ÷ 1,37,194 = 3.8% -
Turnout of 76.8% was 0.5 pp below the state's median seat (77.3%).
76.8 − 77.3 = −0.5 -
The margin widened from 6.8 pp in 1996 to 22.1 pp.
22.1 − 6.8 = +15.3 pp -
Subhas Naskar also won in 1996.
1996 winner name = 2001 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines1,37,189
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,37,194
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5
Candidate votes miss the published total by 5, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database