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

Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesBally
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail
Panchla
Established1951
Total electors1,505,099[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2019

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 SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party
First1952-57Santosh Kumar Dutta Indian National Congress[7]
Second1957-62Mohammed Elias Communist Party of India[8]
Third1962-67Mohammed Elias[9]
Fourth1967-71K.K.Chatterjee Indian National Congress[10]
Fifth1971-77Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India[11]
Sixth1977-80Samar Mukherjee[12]
Seventh1980-84Samar Mukherjee[13]
Eighth1984-89Priyaranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[14]
Ninth1989-91Susanta Chakraborty Communist Party of India[15]
Tenth1991-96Susanta Chakraborty[16]
Eleventh1996-98Priyaranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress[17]
Twelfth1998-99Bikram Sarkar All India Trinamool Congress[18]
Thirteenth1999-04Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India[19]
Fourteenth2004-09Swadesh Chakraborty[20]
Fifteenth2009-13Ambica Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress[21]
2013-14Prasun Banerjee[22]
Sixteenth2014-19Prasun Banerjee[23]
Seventeenth 2019 Prasun Banerjee

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2013 bypoll

Bye-elections 2013: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also

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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  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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