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
Incumbent	Prasun Banerjee
Parliamentary Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year	2014
Constituency Details
Established	1951-present
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,505,099[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Bally Howrah Uttar Howrah Madhya Shibpur Howrah Dakshin Sankrail (SC) Panchla

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]

• Bally (AC 169)
• Howrah Uttar (AC 170)
• Howrah Madhya (AC 171)
• Shibpur (AC 172)
• Howrah Dakshin (AC 173)
• Sankrail (SC) (AC 174)
• Panchla (AC 175)

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

• Bally (AC 161)
• Howrah North(AC 162)
• Howrah Central (AC 163)
• Howrah South (AC 164)
• Shibpur (AC 165)
• Domjur (AC 166)
• Sankrail (SC) (AC 169)

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	5,76,711	47.18	4.53
	BJP	Rantidev Sengupta	4,73,016	38.73	25.42
	CPI (M)	Sumitro Adhikary	1,05,547	8.64	5.44
	INC	Suvra Ghosh	32,107	2.63	2.68
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
Majority			1,96,956	17.50
Turnout			11,25,728	74.79
	AITC hold		Swing

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
Majority			26,965	2.82
Turnout			9,54,850	65.99
	AITC hold		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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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.
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22. "Bye election to the House of the People from The 25 Howrah Parliamentary Constituency" (PDF). Forms 21 D & E. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
23. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links

• Howrah lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details