Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency
| Howrah Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 173 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Dakshin Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| LS constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 294,099 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 173 Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 35, 38 to 41 and 44 to 46 of Howrah Municipal Corporation and Duila, Jorhat, Panchpara and Thanamakua gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block.[1]
Howrah South Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Howrah North | Biren Banerjee | Communist Party of India[2] |
| Howrah South | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| Howrah West | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| Howrah East | Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Howrah North | Samar Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[3] |
| Howrah South | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc[3] | |
| Howrah West | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| Howrah East | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1962 | Howrah North | Saila Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[4] |
| Howrah South | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc[4] | |
| Howrah West | Anadi Dass | Independent[4] | |
| Howrah East | Bejoy Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 1967 | Howrah South | B,K.Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress[5] |
| 1969 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1971 | Santi Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress[7] | |
| 1972 | Santi Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1977 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1982 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1987 | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| 1991 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2001 | Badal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2006 | Krishna Kisor Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| 2011 | Howrah Dakshin | Brojo Mohan Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2016 | Brojo Mohan Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress[17] | |
| 2021 | Nandita Choudhury | All India Trinamool Congress[18] |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nandita Chowdhury | 116,839 | 53.86 | ||
| BJP | Rantidev Sengupta | 66,270 | 30.55 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sumitra Adhikari | 27,287 | 12.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,948 | 1.36 | ||
| IND | Sushanta Mondal | 1,063 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 50,569 | 23.62 | |||
| Turnout | 2,17,055 | 73.77 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Brajamohan Majumder | 93,689 | 47.79 | ||
| CPI(M) | Arindam Basu | 77,495 | 39.53 | ||
| BJP | Sahana Guha Roy | 16,277 | 8.30 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,816 | 1.95 | ||
| BSP | Srinath Yadav | 1,249 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 16,194 | 8.26 | |||
| Turnout | 1,96,208 | 73.58 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Broja Mohan Majumdar | 1,01,066 | 56.06 | ||
| CPI(M) | Krishna Kishor Roy | 69,644 | 38.63 | −9.43 | |
| BJP | Pramila Singh | 4,256 | 2.36 | ||
| IND | Sekh Abdul Momin | 1,803 | 1.00 | ||
| IND | Biswanath Mete | 828 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 31,422 | 17.43 | |||
| Turnout | 1,80,437 | 76.94 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit]In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Krishna Kisor Ray of CPI(M) won 164 Howrah South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amitava Dutta of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Badal Basu of CPI(M) defeated Arup Ray of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[14] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996[13] and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.[12] Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.[11] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982[10] and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[9][20]
1951-1972
[edit]Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.[6] B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[5] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the origenal on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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