Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| 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 |
| Lok Sabha 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 |
Overview
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
Howrah South
| 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 (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Santi Kumar Dasgupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Badal Basu | ||
| 2006 | Krishna Kisor Roy | ||
Howrah Dakshin
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brajamohan Mazumder | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Nandita Chowdhury | ||
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nandita Chowdhury | ||||
| BJP | Shyamal Hati | ||||
| CPI(M) | Abhijit Bandopadhyay | ||||
| INC | Deepshikha Bhowmick | ||||
| SUCI(C) | Rita Ghoshal | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| 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
| 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
| 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
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
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]