Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basirhat Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Basirhat Dakshin Show map of West Bengal Basirhat Dakshin Show map of India Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°E / 22.66667; 88.88333Coordinates: 22°40′00″N 88°53′00″E / 22.66667°N 88.88333°E / 22.66667; 88.88333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No	124
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Electorate (year)	212,872 (2011)

Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বসিরহাট দক্ষিন বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) 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, 124 Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Basirhat municipality, Basirhat I community development block, and Taki municipality.

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

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A bye-election was held on 13 September 2014 following the death of the sitting MLA, Narayan Mukherjee.

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