Barasat is an assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal (No. 119). It forms part of the Barasat Lok Sabha constituency and covers Barasat Municipality plus nearby areas.This urban constituency has high population density with around 250,000 electors. It features mixed residential-commercial zones near Kolkata suburbs. In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chiranjeeb Chakraborty (AITC) won with 104,431 votes (46per cent share), defeating BJP's Shankar Chatterjee (80,648 votes, 36per cent) by 23,783 votes. AIFB got 34,171 votes (15per cent); turnout was significant.