Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Howrah
Lok Sabha Constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentPrasun Banerjee
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,505,099[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesBally
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail
Panchla

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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Howrah district.

Overview[]

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

The Hindustan Times reported, “Howrah is a 500-year old urban agglomeration on the western bank of the Hooghly River and is best known for unplanned, densely populated habitation, one of the country's biggest rail terminus and a rusty manufacturing sector, especially iron foundries.”[2]

About the foundry industry The Times of India wrote, “Some have already downed their shutters. Others keep open for three days a week. A cut in wages has been accepted by the workers mostly without even a grumble. The foundry industry of Howrah, once known as the Sheffield of India and one of the largest employers in the state, is now gasping for breath.”[3]

According to The Hindu, Howrah and Sreerampur constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[4]

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:[5]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
169 Bally None Howrah
170 Howrah Uttar None Howrah
171 Howrah Madhya None Howrah
172 Shibpur None Howrah
173 Howrah Dakshin None Howrah
174 Sankrail SC Howrah
175 Panchla None Howrah

Prior to delimitation, the constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[6]

Members of Parliament[]

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Santosh Kumar Dutta Indian National Congress[7]
Second 1957-62 Mohammed Elias Communist Party of India[8]
Third 1962-67 Mohammed Elias Communist Party of India [9]
Fourth 1967-71 K.K.Chatterjee Indian National Congress[10]
Fifth 1971-77 Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Sixth 1977-80 Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Seventh 1980-84 Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Eighth 1984-89 Priyaranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[14]
Ninth 1989-91 Susanta Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
Tenth 1991-96 Susanta Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Eleventh 1996-98 Priyaranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[17]
Twelfth 1998-99 Bikram Sarkar All India Trinamool Congress[18]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)[20]
Fifteenth 2009-13 Ambica Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[21]
2013-14 Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[22]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[23]
Seventeenth 2019–present Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results[]

2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 576,711 47.18 Increase 4.53
BJP Rantidev Sengupta 4,73,016 38.73 Increase 25.42
CPI(M) Sumitro Adhikary 1,05,547 8.64 Decrease 5.44
INC Suvra Ghosh 32,107 2.63 Decrease 2.68
IND Sekhar Mondal 6,447 0.53
NOTA None of the above 6,337 0.52
Majority 1,03,695 8.48
Turnout 12,22,708 74.83 +0.04
AITC hold Swing

2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 4,88,461 43.40
CPI(M) Sridip Bhattacharya 2,91,505 25.90
BJP George Baker 2,48,120 22.05
INC Manoj Kumar Pandey 63,254 5.62
NOTA None of the above 9,929 0.88 New
Majority 1,96,956 17.50
Turnout 11,25,728 74.79
AITC hold Swing

2013 Bypoll[]

Bye-elections 2013: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 4,26,387 44.68
CPI(M) Sridip Bhattacharya 3,99,422 41.85
INC Sanatan Mukherjee 96,743 10.14
IND Ranjan Paul 8,921 0.93
Majority 26,965 2.82
Turnout 9,54,850 65.99
AITC hold Swing

2009[]

2009 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ambica Banerjee 4,77,449 48.02
CPI(M) Swadesh Chakrabortty 4,40,057 44.26
BJP Polly Mukherjee 37,723 3.79
SP Bijoy Uppadhya 8,615 0.87
IND Subarna Chakraborty 8,180 0.82
Majority 37,392 3.76
Turnout 9,93,958 73.91
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also[]

  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References[]

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  2. ^ "Trinamul Congress wins Howrah Lok Sabha Polls". Hindustan Times, 5 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Sheffield of India dying an untimely death". The Times of India, 20 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu, 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  12. ^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  16. ^ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  19. ^ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  23. ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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