Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Howrah Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Howrah Dakshin Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°34′00″N 88°17′00″E / 22.56667°N 88.28333°ECoordinates: 22°34′00″N 88°17′00″E / 22.56667°N 88.28333°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Constituency No | 173 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 25. Howrah |
| Electorate (year) | 233,869 (2011) |
Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier called Howrah South) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 173 Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 35, 38 to 41 and 44 to 46 of Howrah municipal corporation, and Duila, Jorhat, Panchpara and Thanamakua gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block.[1]
Howrah South (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
2011
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Howrah Dakshin [2][3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Broja Mohan Majumdar | 101,066 | 56.06 | # | |
| CPI(M) | Krishna Kishor Roy | 69,644 | 38.63 | -9.43 | |
| BJP | Pramila Singh | 4,256 | 2.36 | ||
| Independent | Sekh Abdul Momin | 1,803 | |||
| Independent | Biswanath Mete | 828 | |||
| JD(U) | Bedar Bakht | 824 | |||
| Independent | Samir Bachar | 598 | |||
| PDS | Subhrajit Bhaduri | 558 | |||
| Independent | Uttam Dey | 395 | |||
| Independent | Asok Krishna Das | 299 | |||
| Turnout | 180,271 | 77.08 | |||
| AITMC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 15 |  13 |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 |  11 |
| Forward bloc | 0 | 3 |
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Krishna Kisor Ray of CPI(M) won 164 Howrah South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amitava Dutta of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Badal Basu of CPI(M) defeated Arup Ray of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996 and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982 and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[5]
1951-1972
Santi Kumar Dasgupta won in 1972 and 1971. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962 and 1957. Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ↑ "Howrah Dakshin". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ "164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ↑ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
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