Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency

Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Howrah Uttar
Constituency No. 170 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
LS constituencyHowrah
Established1952
Total electors171,318
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 170 Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.[1]

Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Howrah NorthBiren BanerjeeCommunist Party of India[2]
Howrah SouthBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress[2]
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress[2]
Howrah EastSaila Kumar MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
1957Howrah NorthSamar MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[3]
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[3]
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress[3]
Howrah EastBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress[3]
1962Howrah NorthSaila Kumar MukherjeeIndian National Congress[4]
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[4]
Howrah WestAnadi DassIndependent[4]
Howrah EastBejoy BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[4]
1967Howrah NorthS.K.MukherjeeIndian National Congress[5]
1969Nirmal Kumar MukherjeeIndian National Congress[6]
1971Shankar Lal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[7]
1972Shankar Lal MukherjeeIndian National Congress[8]
1977Chittabrata MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Ashok GhoshIndian National Congress[10]
1987Ashok GhoshIndian National Congress[11]
1991Lagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Lagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Lagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Lagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Howrah UttarAshok GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Laxmi Ratan ShuklaAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Gautam ChoudhuryAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Goutam Chowdhury 71,575 47.81
BJP Umesh Rai 66,053 44.12
CPI(M) Pawan Singh 8,133 5.43
NOTA None of the above 1,670 1.12
IND Subhash Kumar Singhi 911 0.61
Majority 5,522 3.69
Turnout 1,49,762 68.53
TMC hold Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Laxmi Ratan Shukla 61,917 46.40
INC Santosh Kumar Pathak 34,958 26.20
BJP Roopa Ganguly 31,416 23.50
IND Subodh Pathak 1,146 0.9
NOTA None of the above 1,070 0.79
Majority 26,959 20.02
Turnout 1,34,764 67.98
TMC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Ashoke Ghosh 61,468 49.25 +7.29
CPI(M) Nemai Samanta 41,858 33.54 -20.46
BJP Umesh Rai 16,494 13.22
IND Hitendranath Mondal 1,514 1.21
BSP Siddhartha Sarkar 761 0.61
Majority 19,610 15.71
Turnout 1,24,865 72.52
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 27.75#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

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.[18]

1967-1972

Shankarlal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1969.[6] S.K.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.[5]

1951-1962

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North

Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962.[4] Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957.[3] Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.[2]

Howrah West

Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.[4] Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957[3] and 1951.[2]

Howrah East

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.[4] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1957.[3] Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.[2]

For results of Howrah South constituency see Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. "162 - Howrah North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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