Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)

Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাওড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Howrah in West Bengal.

Contents

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 25 Howrah is composed of the following segments:[1]

Prior to delimitation, Howrah Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Election results

General Election, 2009: Howrah [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Ambica Banerjee 477,449
CPI(M) Swadesh Chakrabortty 440,057
BJP Polly Mukherjee 97,703
Samajwadi Party Bijoy Uppadhya 8,615
Independent Subarna Chakraborty 8,180
BSP Ramavtar Gupta 5,682
Independent Manoj Kumar Paswan 3,710
Independent Sanjay Makal 2,603
Independent Sanatan Bag 2,318
Independent Narad Pandit 1,459
Independent Goutam Gayen 1,423
STPI Sudarshan Manna 1,207
Independent Gaurab Saha 1,206
Independent Abdul Momin Sekh 1,176
Independent Gora Chand Koley 1,000
Turnout 1,053,788
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing

Results prior to 2009

Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:

1951-1971

The winners are shown below. [4]

Year Winner Party
1951 Santosh Kumar Dutta Congress
1957 Mohammed Ilias CPI
1962 Mohammed Ilias CPI
1967 K.K.Chatterjee Congress
1971 Samar Mukherjee CPI(M)

1977-2004

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1977 [5] Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nityananda Dey Indian National Congress
1980 Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nityananda Dey Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Indian National Congress Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 Sushanta Chakarborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Indian National Congress
1991 Sushanta Chakarborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ayodhya Sharma Indian National Congress
1996 Ayodhya Sharma Indian National Congress Sushanta Chakarborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998 Bikram Sarkar Trinamool Congress Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999 Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress
2004 Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bikram Sarkar All India Trinamool Congress

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Election 2009 Howrah". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/howrah.html. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  4. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  5. ^ "24 – Howrah Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp24.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal
Before Delimitation
After Delimitation