Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Howrah Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Howrah Uttar is located in West Bengal
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Uttar
Location in West Bengal
Howrah Uttar is located in India
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Uttar (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′25″N 88°19′30″E / 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E / 22.5736296; 88.3251045Coordinates: 22°34′25″N 88°19′30″E / 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E / 22.5736296; 88.3251045
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Constituency No.170
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency25. Howrah
Electorate (year)171,318 (2011)

Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাওড়া উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) (earlier known as Howrah North) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 170 Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.[1]

Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of 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 North S.K.Mukherjee Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee Indian National Congress[6]
1971 Shankar Lal Mukherjee Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Shankar Lal Mukherjee Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Chittabrata Majumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Ashok Ghosh Indian National Congress[10]
1987 Ashok Ghosh Indian National Congress[11]
1991 Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Howrah Uttar Ashok Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Howrah Uttar Laxmi Ratan Shukla All India Trinamool Congress

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Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Goutam Chowdhury 71,575 47.81
BJP Umesh Rai 66,053 44.12
CPI (M) Pawan Singh 8,133 5.43
NOTA None of the above 1,670 1.12
IND Subhash Kumar Singhi 911 0.61
Majority 5,522 3.69
Turnout 1,49,762 68.53
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Laxmi Ratan Shukla 61,917 46.40
INC Santosh Kumar Pathak 34,958 26.20
BJP Roopa Ganguly 31,416 23.50
IND Subodh Pathak 1,146 0.9
NOTA None of the above 1,070 0.79
Majority 26,959 20.02
Turnout 1,34,764 67.98
AITC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011[edit]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashoke Ghosh 61,468 49.25 +7.29
CPI (M) Nemai Samanta 41,858 33.54 -20.46
BJP Umesh Rai 16,494 13.22
IND Hitendranath Mondal 1,514 1.21
BSP Siddhartha Sarkar 761 0.61
Majority 19,610 15.71
Turnout 1,24,865 72.52
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 27.75#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) won the Howrah North assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bani Singha of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Asok Ghosh of Congress in the three other years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Asok Ghosh of Congress defeated Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) in 1987 and Chittabrata Majumdar of CPI(M) in 1982. Chittabrata Mazumdar of CPI(M) defeated Supriya Basu of Congress in 1977.[18]

1967-1972[edit]

Shankarlal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1969.[6] S.K.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.[5]

1951-1962[edit]

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North[edit]

Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962.[4] Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957.[3] Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.[2]

Howrah West[edit]

Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.[4] Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957[3] and 1951.[2]

Howrah East[edit]

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.[4] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1957.[3] Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.[2]

For results of Howrah South constituency see Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References[edit]

  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "162 - Howrah North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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