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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox Indian constituency
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| name                   = Howrah Dakshin
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| type= SLA
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|name             = Howrah Dakshin <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
| map_caption                = Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Dakshin Assembly Constituency
|official_name    =  
| map_alt                    =  
|other_name        =  
| mla                    = [[Nandita Chowdhury]]
|native_name      = <!-- if different from the English name -->
| party                  = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|settlement_type  = Assembly constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
| alliance              =  
|total_type        = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| latest_election_year                  = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|motto            =  
| state                  = [[West Bengal]]
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| district              = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|pushpin_map      = India West Bengal#India
| loksabha_cons = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|map_caption      = Location in West Bengal
| constituency_no        = 173
|coordinates      = {{coord|22.5736296|N|88.3251045|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
| established            = 1951
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| electors              = 294,099
|subdivision_type  = Country
| reservation            = None
|subdivision_name  = {{IND}}
| abolished              =  
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 173
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|25. Howrah]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 294,099 (2021)
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|area_code        =  
|website          =
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'''Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency''' ({{lang-bn|হাওড়া দক্ষিন বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র}})  (earlier called Howrah South) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
 
'''Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
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Howrah South Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>
Howrah South Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>


==Members of Legislative Assembly==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
 
===Howrah North===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Biren Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Howrah North||Biren Banerjee||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Samar Mukhopadhyay
|-
|-
|||Howrah South||Beni Charan Dutta||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Saila Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}
 
===Howrah South===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|-
|||Howrah West||Bankim Chandra Kar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Beni Charan Dutta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|||Howrah East||Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="2"|Kanai Lal Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Howrah North||Samar Mukhopadhyay||Communist Party of India<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|-
|||Howrah South||Kanai Lal Bhattacharya||[[All India Forward Bloc]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|B. K. Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|||Howrah West||Bankim Chandra Kar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Pralay Talukdar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|-
|||Howrah East||Beni Charan Dutta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Santi Kumar Dasgupta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Howrah North||Saila Mukherjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|||Howrah South||Kanai Lal Bhattacharya||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1962/>
|-
|||Howrah West||Anadi Dass||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1962/>
|-
|||Howrah East||Bejoy Bhattacharya||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962/>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Howrah South||B,K.Bhattacharya||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1969||||Pralay Talukdar||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Pralay Talukdar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|-
|1971||||Santi Kumar Dasgupta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|-
|1972||||Santi Kumar Dasgupta||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Mrityunjoy Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|1977||||Pralay Talukdar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"|Pralay Talukdar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4|dab=yes}}
|-
|-
|1982|||||Pralay Talukdar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|-
|1987||||Mrityunjoy Banerjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{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}}</ref>
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Badal Basu
|-
|-
|1991||||Pralay Talukdar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{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}}</ref>
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Krishna Kisor Roy
|}
 
===Howrah East===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|-
|1996||||Pralay Talukdar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Badal Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Beni Charan Dutta
|-
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Krishna Kisor Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Bejoy Bhattacharya
|}
 
===Howrah West===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Howrah Dakshin||Brojo Mohan Mazumdar||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{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}}</ref>
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="2"|Bankim Chandra Kar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Anadi Dass
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|}
|}
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Howrah Dakshin||Brojo Mohan Mazumdar||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2016/stat_WB_May2016.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No  |publisher= Election Commission  }}</ref>


|}|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Howrah Dakshin||Nandita Roy Choudhury||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2021/stat_WB_May2021.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No  |publisher= Election Commission  }}</ref>
===Howrah Dakshin===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|Brajamohan Mazumder
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Nandita Choudhury
|}
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Howrah Dakshin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[ Nandita Chowdhury ]]
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Dr. Abhijit Bandopadhyay
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Adv. Dipshika Bhowmik
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Rita Ghosal
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Sahabuddin Mondal
  |party      = Janata Unnayan Party
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |party      = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box majority|
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{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    =
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{{Election box end}}
===2021===
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |candidate  = Nandita Chowdhury
   |candidate  = Nandita Chowdhury
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  }}
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
===2016===
===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Brajamohan Mazumder]]|votes=93,689|percentage=47.79|change=}}
  |party     = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate = Brajamohan Majumder
  |votes     = 93,689
  |percentage = 47.79
  |change     =  
}}


{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Arindam Basu|votes=77,495|percentage=39.53|change=}}
  |party     = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sahana Guha Roy|votes=16,277|percentage=8.30|change=}}
  |candidate = Arindam Basu  
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,816|percentage=1.95|change=}}
  |votes     = 77,495
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Srinath Yadav|votes=1,249|percentage=0.64|change=}}
  |percentage = 39.53
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party     = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate = Sahana Guha Roy
  |votes     = 16,277
  |percentage = 8.30
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party     = None of the above
  |candidate = None of the above
  |votes     = 3,816
  |percentage = 1.95
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party     = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate = Srinath Yadav
  |votes     =1,249
  |percentage =0.64
  |change     =  
}}


{{Election box majority
{{Election box majority|votes=16,194|percentage=8.26|change=}}
  |votes     = 16,194
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,96,208|percentage=73.58|change=}}
  |percentage = 8.26
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes     = 1,96,208
  |percentage = 73.58
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
{{Election box hold with party link
   |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
   |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
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===2011===
===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=173|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Howrah Dakshin| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Dakshin]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=173|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Howrah Dakshin|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 1 May 2011|archive-date = 19 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163421/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=173|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}


{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Brajamohan Mazumder]]|votes=1,01,066|percentage=56.06|change=}}  
  |party     = All India Trinamool Congress
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Krishna Kishor Roy|votes=69,644|percentage=38.63|change=-9.43}}
  |candidate = Broja Mohan Majumdar
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Pramila Singh|votes=4,256|percentage=2.36|change=}}
  |votes     = 1,01,066
  |percentage = 56.06
  |change     =  
}}  
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party     = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate = Krishna Kishor Roy
  |votes     = 69,644
  |percentage = 38.63
  |change     = -9.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party     = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate = Pramila Singh
  |votes     = 4,256
  |percentage = 2.36
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box candidate
{{Election box candidate
   |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]
   |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]
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   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority
{{Election box majority|votes=31,422|percentage=17.43|change=}}
  |votes     = 31,422
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,80,437|percentage=76.94|change=}}
  |percentage = 17.43
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes     = 1,80,437
  |percentage = 76.94
  |change     =  
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
{{Election box gain with party link
   |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
   |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
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===1977-2006===
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Krishna Kisor Ray of [[Communist Party of India|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 [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and [[Ambica Banerjee]] of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp164.htm |title =164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}</ref>
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{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}}</ref> Krishna Kisor Ray of [[Communist Party of India|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 [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{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}}</ref> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{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}}</ref>, BJP's candidate Ambooj Sharma secured 10,237 votes, and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{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}}</ref> [[Mrityunjoy Banerjee (economist)|Mrityunjoy Banerjee]] of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{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}}</ref> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{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}}</ref> and [[Ambica Banerjee]] of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp164.htm |title =164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}</ref>


===1951-1972===
===1951-1972===
Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{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}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{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}}</ref> Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{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}}</ref> B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{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}}</ref> Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{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}}</ref> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{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}}</ref> Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{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}}</ref>


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Howrah Dakshin
Constituency No. 173 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Lok Sabha constituencyHowrah
Established1951
Total electors294,099
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

Howrah North[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1951 Biren Banerjee Communist Party of India
1957 Samar Mukhopadhyay
1962 Saila Mukherjee Indian National Congress

Howrah South[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1951 Beni Charan Dutta Indian National Congress
1957 Kanai Lal Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc
1962
1967 B. K. Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
1969 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India
1971 Santi Kumar Dasgupta Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India
1982
1987 Mrityunjoy Banerjee Indian National Congress
1991 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India
1996
2001 Badal Basu
2006 Krishna Kisor Roy

Howrah East[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1951 Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress
1957 Beni Charan Dutta
1962 Bejoy Bhattacharya

Howrah West[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1951 Bankim Chandra Kar Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Anadi Dass Independent

Howrah Dakshin[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
2011 Brajamohan Mazumder All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Nandita Choudhury

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nandita Chowdhury
BJP
CPI(M) Dr. Abhijit Bandopadhyay
INC Adv. Dipshika Bhowmik
SUCI(C) Rita Ghosal
Janata Unnayan Party Sahabuddin Mondal
None of the above (India) None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin
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 | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Brajamohan Mazumder 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 | edit source]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Brajamohan Mazumder 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 | edit source]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[4] 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.[5] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996[6], BJP's candidate Ambooj Sharma secured 10,237 votes, and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.[7] Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.[8] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982[9] and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[10][11]

1951-1972[edit | edit source]

Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.[14] B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[15] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962[16] and 1957.[17] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.[18]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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