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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  (earlier known as Howrah Central) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Overview==&lt;br /&gt;
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 171 Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 17 to 20, 24 to 34, 36, 37 and 42 of [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]].&amp;lt;ref name=delimitation&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf  | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25  [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&amp;lt;ref name=delimitation/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Members of Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;ìÍĦĤĠčw&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Election&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Howrah North||Biren Banerjee||[[Communist Party of India]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No.  |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah South||Beni Charan Dutta||[[Indian National Congress]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah West||Bankim Chandra Kar||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah East||Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Howrah North||Samar Mukhopadhyay||Communist Party of India&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah South||Kanai Lal Bhattacharya||[[All India Forward Bloc]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah West||Bankim Chandra Kar||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah East||Beni Charan Dutta||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Howrah North||Saila Mukherjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah South||Kanai Lal Bhattacharya||All India Forward Bloc&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah West||Anadi Dass||Independent&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|||Howrah East||Bejoy Bhattacharya||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Howrah Central||D.Mitra||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1969||||Anadi Das||[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No  |publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1971||||[[Sudhindranath Kumar]]||Revolutionary Communist Party of India&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971&amp;gt;{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1972||||Mrityunjoy Banerjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972&amp;gt;{{cite web| url     =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1977||||Sudhindranath Kumar||Revolutionary Communist Party of India&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1982||||[[Ambica Banerjee]]||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1987||||Ambica Banerjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1991||||Ambica Banerjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1996||||Ambica Banerjee||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 6 February 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Ambica Banerjee||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Arup Ray||Communist Party of India (Marxist)&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Howrah Madhya||[[Aroop Roy]]||All India Trinamool Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No   |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
===2021===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Aroop Roy]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,11,554&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 57.16&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sanjay Singh&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 65,007&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 33.31&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Palash Bhandari&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 12,942&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 6.63&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,735&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage =1.40&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Anamika Singh&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 545&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage =0.28&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 46,547&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 24.18&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,95,258&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 73.26&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2016===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Aroop Roy]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 91,800&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 52.20&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Amitabha Dutta&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 38,806&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage =22.06&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sanjay Singh&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 35,691&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 20.29&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,135&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage =2.35&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Soumitra Sengupta&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,326&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage =0.75&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 52,994&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 30.13&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,76,047&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 71.81&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2011===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2011 election, Aroop Roy (Apu) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Arup Ray(Tukun)of CPI(M). &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;amp;cid=171|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Howrah Madhya| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Aroop Roy]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,03,184&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 62.07&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Arup Ray (Tukun)&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 52,514&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 31.59&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party     = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate = Ram Narayan Chowrasia&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6,223&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 3.74&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sunil Dalui&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,594&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.96&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Vikram Singh Grewal&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,071&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.64&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 50,670&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 30.48&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,66,407&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 74.11&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = 18.20#&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1977-2006===&lt;br /&gt;
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006/&amp;gt; Arup Ray of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Howrah Central assembly seat defeating his nearest rival [[Ambica Banerjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001/&amp;gt; 1996,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996/&amp;gt; 1991,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991/&amp;gt; 1987&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987/&amp;gt; and 1982&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982/&amp;gt; state assembly elections, Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress/ [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Subir Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 2001, Sureswar Dutta of [[Janata Dal]] in 1996 and 1991, Sankar Mondol, Independent, in 1987, and [[Sudhindranath Kumar]] in 1982. Sudhindranath Kumar, [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]], defeated Sukumar Banerjee of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp163.htm |title =163 - Howrah Central Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Committee&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics &amp;amp; analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=416}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1967-1972===&lt;br /&gt;
Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1972.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972/&amp;gt; Sudhindranath Kumar of [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RCPI]] won in 1971,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Committee&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Anadi Das of RCPI won in 1969.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Committee&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; D.Mitra of Congress won in 1967.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1951-1962===&lt;br /&gt;
During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Howrah North====&lt;br /&gt;
Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; Samar Mukhopadhyay of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; Biren Banerjee of CPI won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Howrah West====&lt;br /&gt;
Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; and 1951.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Howrah East====&lt;br /&gt;
Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1957/&amp;gt; Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1952/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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