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Howrah Uttar
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Constituency No. | 170 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 25. Howrah |
| Electorate (year) | 171,318 (2011) |
Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Howrah North) (Bengali: হাওড়া উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 170 Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 of Howrah municipal corporation.[1]
Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Howrah Uttar [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Ashoke Ghosh | 61,466 | 49.25 | +7.29# | |
| CPI(M) | Nemai Samanta | 41,858 | 33.54 | -20.46 | |
| BJP | Umesh Rai | 16,494 | 13.22 | ||
| Independent | Hitendranath Mondal | 1,514 | |||
| BSP | Siddhartha Sarkar | 761 | |||
| Independent | Murli Dhar Roy | 704 | |||
| Independent | Arvind Kumar Dubey | 490 | |||
| Independent | Raktendu Naskar | 417 | |||
| Samajtantic Party of India | Sudarshan Manna | 404 | |||
| JD(U) | Binod Kumar Singh | 360 | |||
| JD(S) | Shyam Bihari Singh | 326 | |||
| Turnout | 124,794 | 72.84 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 27.75# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 15 | 13 |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 11 |
| Forward bloc | 0 | 3 |
In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) won the Howrah North assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bani Singha of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Asok Ghosh of Congress in the three other years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Asok Ghosh of Congress defeated Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) in 1987 and Chittabrata Majumdar of CPI(M) in 1982. Chittabrata Mazumdar of CPI(M) defeated Supriya Basu of Congress in 1977.[5]
Shankarlal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1969. S.K.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.[6]
During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.
Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962. Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957. Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.[6]
Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962. Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957 and 1951.[6]
Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962. Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957. Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.[6]
For results of Howrah South constituency see Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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