Howrah Lok Sabha constituency

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Howrah
WB-25
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
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  NCPI
Alliance  NDA[2]
Elected year2024

Howrah Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: হাওড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centeres 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 terminuses, and a rusty manufacturing sector, especially iron foundries.”[3]

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.”[4]

According to The Hindu, Howrah and Sreerampur constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[5]

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:[6]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
169 Bally Howrah Sanjay Singh BJP AITC
170 Howrah Uttar Umesh Rai
171 Howrah Madhya Arup Roy AITC
172 Shibpur Rudranil Ghosh BJP
173 Howrah Dakshin Nandita Chowdhury AITC
174 Sankrail (SC) Priya Paul
175 Panchla Gulsan Mullick

Prior to delimitation, the constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[7]

Members of Parliament

Year Member[8] Party
1952 Santosh Kumar Dutta Indian National Congress
1957 Mohammed Elias Communist Party of India
1962
1967 K. K. Chatterjee Indian National Congress
1971 Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980
1984 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress
1989 Susanta Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress
1998 Bikram Sarkar Trinamool Congress
1999 Swadesh Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004
2009 Ambica Banerjee Trinamool Congress
2013^ Prasun Banerjee
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 49.26%
2019
 
 47.18%
2014
 
 43.40%
2013 (bypoll)
 
 44.68%
2009
 
 48.02%
2004
 
 53.69%
1999
 
 49.98%
1998
 
 43.18%
1996
 
 47.89%
1991
 
 44.71%
1989
 
 48.63%
1984
 
 56.28%
1980
 
 53.00%
1977
 
 62.70%
1971
 
 47.70%
1967
 
 46.65%
1962
 
 42.37%
1957
 
 48.30%
1952
 
 34.22%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Howrah[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 626,493 49.26 Increase2.08
BJP Rathin Chakraborty 457,051 35.94 Decrease 2.79
CPI(M) Sabyasachi Chatterjee 152,005 11.95 Increase3.31
NOTA None of the above 10,000 0.79
Majority 1,69,442 3.9
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 576,711 47.18 Increase4.53
BJP Rantidev Sengupta 473,016 38.73 Increase25.42
CPI(M) Sumitro Adhikary 152005 8.64 Decrease5.44
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 488,461 43.40
CPI(M) Srideep 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
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 426,387 44.68
CPI(M) Srideep 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 477,449 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

2004

2004 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Swadesh Chakraborty 489,444 53.69
AITC Dr. Bikram Sarkar 242,507 26.60
INC Sultan Singh 152,100 16.68
JD(S) Anup Dey 4,013 0.44
BSP Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal 2,864 0.31
IND 9 Independent Candidates 20,704 2.27
Majority 246,937 27.09
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Swadesh Chakraborty 490,537 49.98
AITC Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 387,088 39.44
INC Dr. Subhash Chandra Bandyopadhyay 90,592 9.23
SP Bijay Kumar Singh 2,952 0.30
BSP Ram Bilas Prasad 1,605 0.16
RJD Ashok Kumar Agarwal 908 0.09
JD(S) Shyam Bihari Singh 824 0.08
NCP Rajendra Prasad 195 0.02
IND 10 Independent Candidates 6,698 0.68
Majority 103,449 10.54
Turnout 995,422 72.03
Swing to CPI(M) from AITC Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Bikram Sarkar 437,224 43.18
CPI(M) Swadesh Chakraborty 430,689 42.54
INC Ambica Banerjee 134,787 13.31
IND 10 Independent Candidates 9,802 0.96
Majority 6,535 0.64
Turnout 1,027,782 75.17
Swing to AITC from INC Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 459,059 47.89
CPI(M) Susanta Chakraborty 425,128 44.35
BJP Ashish Ray 58,367 6.09
AMB Anil Baran Das 1,027 0.11
IND 16 Independent Candidates 14,959 1.56
Majority 33,931 3.54
Turnout 985,507 75.17
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Susanta Chakraborty 351,744 44.71
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 344,364 43.77
BJP Sachindra Nath Mukherjee 69,136 8.79
JP Supapshom Manna 2,095 0.27
WPI Tapan Dutta Gupta 1,781 0.23
BSP Tapasi Ram 1,658 0.21
DDP Rajendra Prasad Kusha 523 0.07
IND 17 Independent Candidates 15,492 1.96
Majority 7,380 0.94
Turnout 801,451 68.72
CPI(M) hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sushanta Chakraborty 397,138 48.63
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 395,706 48.45
AIMIM Molla Zahurul 4,168 0.51
BSP Manzurul Mannan 2,041 0.25
AMB Anil Baran Das 2,006 0.25
DDP Rajendra Prasad Kusha 571 0.07
IND 14 Independent Candidates 15,037 1.83
Majority 1,432 0.18
Turnout 829,059 73.53
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 381,216 56.28
CPI(M) Samar Mukherjee 287,174 42.40
IND Keshab Das 2,329 0.34
IC(S) Amiya Bhattacharya 2,016 0.30
IND Baboo Ram Tibrewal 1,797 0.27
IND Parmeshwar Singh 1,344 0.20
IND Kashi Nath Chowdhary 747 0.11
IND Jibandhon Mukherji 724 0.11
Majority 94,042 13.88
Turnout 689,599 76.70
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Mukherjee 263,337 53.00
INC(I) Nityananda Dey 205,028 41.26
JP Durgaprasad Nathany 18,538 3.73
JP(S) Dwijendra Lal Ghosh 4,718 0.95
IND Jibandhan Mukhopadhya 1,661 0.33
IND Sailendra Nath Ghosh 1,527 0.31
IND Asit Chakravarty 905 0.18
IND Karuna Nidhan Roy 580 0.12
IND Surya Narain Singh 571 0.11
Majority 58,309 11.74
Turnout 508,728 65.54
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Mukherjee 236,530 62.70
INC Nityananda Dey 131,799 34.94
IND Samar Mookherjee 4,578 1.21
IND Banshi Dhar Banerjee 3,770 1.00
IND Jibandhon Mukhopadhya 562 0.15
Majority 104,731 27.76
Turnout 389,263 58.13
CPI(M) hold Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Mukherjee 150,917 47.70
INC Mrityunjoy Banerjee 125,875 39.78
AIFB Shyam Sundar Gupta 22,464 7.10
INC(O) Dev Sadhan Basu 17,154 5.42
Majority 25,042 7.92
Turnout 330,787 55.22
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. K. Chatterjee 176,469 46.65
CPI(M) S. Mukherjee 134,175 35.47
CPI M. Elias 67,626 17.88
Majority 42,294 11.18
Turnout 388,788 67.88
Swing to INC from CPI Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Mohammad Elias 137,812 42.37
INC Krishna Kumar Chatterji 133,876 41.16
ABJS Haripada Bharati 53,602 16.48
Majority 3,936 1.21
Turnout 333,014 62.26
CPI hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Mohammed Elias 108,238 48.30
INC Santosh Kr. Dutt 67,403 30.08
ABJS Haripada Bharati 48,457 21.62
Majority 40,835 18.22
Turnout 224,098 48.60
Swing to CPI from INC Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Santosh Kumar Dutta 60,929 34.22
CPI Anil Kumar Sarkar 59,163 33.22
KMPP Bejoy Krishna Bhattacharya 37,989 21.33
IND Raghabendra Nath Banerjee 15,567 8.74
Socialist Sibnath Bandopadhyay 4,423 2.48
Majority 1,766 0.99
Turnout 178,071 46.99
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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  2. Sanyal, Anindita, ed. (8 June 2026). "Trinamool's Kakoli Dastidar Says 20 MPs Will Support NDA: "Written To Speaker"". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  3. "Trinamul Congress wins Howrah Lok Sabha Polls". Hindustan Times, 5 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. "Sheffield of India dying an untimely death". The Times of India, 20 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu, 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  7. "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.
  8. "Howrah (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Howrah Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  9. "Howrah Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Howrah". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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