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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 128 · 2026Reserved (SC)
Basanti
Winner — 2026
NILIMA MISTRY BISHAL
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 54.9%BJP 30.7%7 others 14.4%
Votes
1,27,495
55.0% share
Winning margin
56,181
24.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
96.6%
of 2,40,362
Basanti is a safe seat — NILIMA MISTRY BISHAL won by 24.2%.
Seat history
2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.41 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NILIMA MISTRY BISHAL |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 1,27,495 | 55.0% |
| 2 | BIKASH SARDAR | 71,314 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | ASIT ROY | AISF | 25,924 | 11.2% |
| 4 | SAMAR BISWAS | 2,099 | 0.9% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,402 | 0.6% |
| 6 | GOURI NASKAR | IND | 1,277 | 0.6% |
| 7 | GOPINATH NAIYA | 1,186 | 0.5% | |
| 8 | ASIM SARDAR | IND | 605 | 0.3% |
| 9 | MILAN BISWAS | 558 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
High turnout (26th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe24.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 0.4% · max 58.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
26th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
200th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 55.0%BJP 30.8%AISF 11.2%OTH 2.5%NOTA 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/8
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.41 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
18 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.