| Howrah Madhya | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 171 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 223,616 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHowrah district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 171 Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 17 to 20, 24 to 34, 36, 37 and 42 ofHowrah Municipal Corporation.[1]
Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is part of No. 25Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Biren Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Samar Mukhopadhyay | ||
| 1962 | Saila Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1962 | |||
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Anadi Das | Independent politician | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Beni Charan Dutta | ||
| 1962 | Bejoy Bhattacharya | ||
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | D. Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Anadi Das | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Sudhindranath Kumar | ||
| 1972 | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Sudhindranath Kumar | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Ambica Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Arup Ray | Communist Party of India | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Aroop Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Roy | 111,554 | 57.16 | ||
| BJP | Sanjay Singh | 65,007 | 33.31 | ||
| INC | Palash Bhandari | 12,942 | 6.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,735 | 1.40 | ||
| JD(U) | Anamika Singh | 545 | 0.28 | ||
| Majority | 46,547 | 24.18 | |||
| Turnout | 1,95,258 | 73.26 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Roy | 91,800 | 52.20 | ||
| JD(U) | Amitabha Dutta | 38,806 | 22.06 | ||
| BJP | Sanjay Singh | 35,691 | 20.29 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,135 | 2.35 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Soumitra Sengupta | 1,326 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 52,994 | 30.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,76,047 | 71.81 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Aroop Roy (Apu) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Arup Ray(Tukun)of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Aroop Roy | 1,03,184 | 62.07 | ||
| CPI(M) | Arup Ray (Tukun) | 52,514 | 31.59 | ||
| BJP | Ram Narayan Chowrasia | 6,223 | 3.74 | ||
| IND | Sunil Dalui | 1,594 | 0.96 | ||
| JD(U) | Vikram Singh Grewal | 1,071 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 50,670 | 30.48 | |||
| Turnout | 1,66,407 | 74.11 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 18.20# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections[4] Arup Ray ofCPI(M) won the Howrah Central assembly seat defeating his nearest rivalAmbica Banerjee ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[5] 1996,[6] 1991,[7] 1987[8] and 1982[9] state assembly elections, Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress/Congress defeated Subir Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 2001, Sureswar Dutta ofJanata Dal in 1996 and 1991, Sankar Mondol, Independent, in 1987, andSudhindranath Kumar in 1982. Sudhindranath Kumar,Revolutionary Communist Party of India, defeated Sukumar Banerjee ofJanata Party in 1977.[10][11][12]
Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1972.[13] Sudhindranath Kumar ofRCPI won in 1971,[14][12]Anadi Das of RCPI won in 1969.[15][12] D. Mitra of Congress won in 1967.[16]
During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.
Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in1962.[17] Samar Mukhopadhyay ofCPI won in1957.[18] Biren Banerjee of CPI won in1951.[19]
Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.[17] Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957[18] and 1951.[19]
Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.[17] Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957.[18] Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.[19]
For results of Howrah South constituency seeHowrah Dakshin Assembly constituency.
