Howrah Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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Howrah Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: হাওড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centeres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah Lok Sabha constituency are in Howrah district.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesBally
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail
Panchla
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail
Panchla
| Howrah WB-25 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Bally Howrah Uttar Howrah Madhya Shibpur Howrah Dakshin Sankrail Panchla |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,505,099[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NCPI |
| Alliance | NDA[2] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Overview
The Hindustan Times reported, “Howrah is a 500-year-old urban agglomeration on the western bank of the Hooghly River and is best known for unplanned, densely populated habitation, one of the country's biggest rail terminuses, and a rusty manufacturing sector, especially iron foundries.”[3]
About the foundry industry The Times of India wrote, “Some have already downed their shutters. Others keep open for three days a week. A cut in wages has been accepted by the workers, mostly without even a grumble. The foundry industry of Howrah, once known as the Sheffield of India and one of the largest employers in the state, is now gasping for breath.”[4]
According to The Hindu, Howrah and Sreerampur constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[5]
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 25 Howrah is composed of the following segments:[6]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | Bally | Howrah | Sanjay Singh | BJP | AITC | ||
| 170 | Howrah Uttar | Umesh Rai | |||||
| 171 | Howrah Madhya | Arup Roy | AITC | ||||
| 172 | Shibpur | Rudranil Ghosh | BJP | ||||
| 173 | Howrah Dakshin | Nandita Chowdhury | AITC | ||||
| 174 | Sankrail (SC) | Priya Paul | |||||
| 175 | Panchla | Gulsan Mullick | |||||
Prior to delimitation, the constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[7]
- Bally (AC 161)
- Howrah North (AC 162)
- Howrah Central (AC 163)
- Howrah South (AC 164)
- Shibpur (AC 165)
- Domjur (AC 166)
- Sankrail (SC) (AC 169)
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member[8] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Santosh Kumar Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Mohammed Elias | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | K. K. Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Samar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Susanta Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Bikram Sarkar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 1999 | Swadesh Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Ambica Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2013^ | Prasun Banerjee | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
| 2026 | nationalist citizens party of india | ||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prasun Banerjee | 626,493 | 49.26 |  2.08 | |
| BJP | Rathin Chakraborty | 457,051 | 35.94 |  2.79 | |
| CPI(M) | Sabyasachi Chatterjee | 152,005 | 11.95 | 3.31 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 10,000 | 0.79 | ||
| Majority | 1,69,442 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prasun Banerjee | 576,711 | 47.18 | 4.53 | |
| BJP | Rantidev Sengupta | 473,016 | 38.73 | 25.42 | |
| CPI(M) | Sumitro Adhikary | 152005 | 8.64 | 5.44 | |
| INC | Suvra Ghosh | 32,107 | 2.63 | 2.68 | |
| IND | Sekhar Mondal | 6,447 | 0.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,337 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 1,03,695 | 8.48 | |||
| Turnout | 12,22,708 | 74.83 | +0.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prasun Banerjee | 488,461 | 43.40 | ||
| CPI(M) | Srideep Bhattacharya | 2,91,505 | 25.90 | ||
| BJP | George Baker | 2,48,120 | 22.05 | ||
| INC | Manoj Kumar Pandey | 63,254 | 5.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 9,929 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 1,96,956 | 17.50 | |||
| Turnout | 11,25,728 | 74.79 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2013 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prasun Banerjee | 426,387 | 44.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Srideep Bhattacharya | 3,99,422 | 41.85 | ||
| INC | Sanatan Mukherjee | 96,743 | 10.14 | ||
| IND | Ranjan Paul | 8,921 | 0.93 | ||
| Majority | 26,965 | 2.82 | |||
| Turnout | 9,54,850 | 65.99 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ambica Banerjee | 477,449 | 48.02 | ||
| CPI(M) | Swadesh Chakrabortty | 4,40,057 | 44.26 | ||
| BJP | Polly Mukherjee | 37,723 | 3.79 | ||
| SP | Bijoy Uppadhya | 8,615 | 0.87 | ||
| IND | Subarna Chakraborty | 8,180 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 37,392 | 3.76 | |||
| Turnout | 9,93,958 | 73.91 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Swadesh Chakraborty | 489,444 | 53.69 | ||
| AITC | Dr. Bikram Sarkar | 242,507 | 26.60 | ||
| INC | Sultan Singh | 152,100 | 16.68 | ||
| JD(S) | Anup Dey | 4,013 | 0.44 | ||
| BSP | Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal | 2,864 | 0.31 | ||
| IND | 9 Independent Candidates | 20,704 | 2.27 | ||
| Majority | 246,937 | 27.09 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Swadesh Chakraborty | 490,537 | 49.98 | ||
| AITC | Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 387,088 | 39.44 | ||
| INC | Dr. Subhash Chandra Bandyopadhyay | 90,592 | 9.23 | ||
| SP | Bijay Kumar Singh | 2,952 | 0.30 | ||
| BSP | Ram Bilas Prasad | 1,605 | 0.16 | ||
| RJD | Ashok Kumar Agarwal | 908 | 0.09 | ||
| JD(S) | Shyam Bihari Singh | 824 | 0.08 | ||
| NCP | Rajendra Prasad | 195 | 0.02 | ||
| IND | 10 Independent Candidates | 6,698 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 103,449 | 10.54 | |||
| Turnout | 995,422 | 72.03 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from AITC | Swing | ||||
1998
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 459,059 | 47.89 | ||
| CPI(M) | Susanta Chakraborty | 425,128 | 44.35 | ||
| BJP | Ashish Ray | 58,367 | 6.09 | ||
| AMB | Anil Baran Das | 1,027 | 0.11 | ||
| IND | 16 Independent Candidates | 14,959 | 1.56 | ||
| Majority | 33,931 | 3.54 | |||
| Turnout | 985,507 | 75.17 | |||
| Swing to INC from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Susanta Chakraborty | 351,744 | 44.71 | ||
| INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 344,364 | 43.77 | ||
| BJP | Sachindra Nath Mukherjee | 69,136 | 8.79 | ||
| JP | Supapshom Manna | 2,095 | 0.27 | ||
| WPI | Tapan Dutta Gupta | 1,781 | 0.23 | ||
| BSP | Tapasi Ram | 1,658 | 0.21 | ||
| DDP | Rajendra Prasad Kusha | 523 | 0.07 | ||
| IND | 17 Independent Candidates | 15,492 | 1.96 | ||
| Majority | 7,380 | 0.94 | |||
| Turnout | 801,451 | 68.72 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sushanta Chakraborty | 397,138 | 48.63 | ||
| INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 395,706 | 48.45 | ||
| AIMIM | Molla Zahurul | 4,168 | 0.51 | ||
| BSP | Manzurul Mannan | 2,041 | 0.25 | ||
| AMB | Anil Baran Das | 2,006 | 0.25 | ||
| DDP | Rajendra Prasad Kusha | 571 | 0.07 | ||
| IND | 14 Independent Candidates | 15,037 | 1.83 | ||
| Majority | 1,432 | 0.18 | |||
| Turnout | 829,059 | 73.53 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from INC | Swing | ||||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 381,216 | 56.28 | ||
| CPI(M) | Samar Mukherjee | 287,174 | 42.40 | ||
| IND | Keshab Das | 2,329 | 0.34 | ||
| IC(S) | Amiya Bhattacharya | 2,016 | 0.30 | ||
| IND | Baboo Ram Tibrewal | 1,797 | 0.27 | ||
| IND | Parmeshwar Singh | 1,344 | 0.20 | ||
| IND | Kashi Nath Chowdhary | 747 | 0.11 | ||
| IND | Jibandhon Mukherji | 724 | 0.11 | ||
| Majority | 94,042 | 13.88 | |||
| Turnout | 689,599 | 76.70 | |||
| Swing to INC from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Samar Mukherjee | 263,337 | 53.00 | ||
| INC(I) | Nityananda Dey | 205,028 | 41.26 | ||
| JP | Durgaprasad Nathany | 18,538 | 3.73 | ||
| JP(S) | Dwijendra Lal Ghosh | 4,718 | 0.95 | ||
| IND | Jibandhan Mukhopadhya | 1,661 | 0.33 | ||
| IND | Sailendra Nath Ghosh | 1,527 | 0.31 | ||
| IND | Asit Chakravarty | 905 | 0.18 | ||
| IND | Karuna Nidhan Roy | 580 | 0.12 | ||
| IND | Surya Narain Singh | 571 | 0.11 | ||
| Majority | 58,309 | 11.74 | |||
| Turnout | 508,728 | 65.54 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Santosh Kumar Dutta | 60,929 | 34.22 | ||
| CPI | Anil Kumar Sarkar | 59,163 | 33.22 | ||
| KMPP | Bejoy Krishna Bhattacharya | 37,989 | 21.33 | ||
| IND | Raghabendra Nath Banerjee | 15,567 | 8.74 | ||
| Socialist | Sibnath Bandopadhyay | 4,423 | 2.48 | ||
| Majority | 1,766 | 0.99 | |||
| Turnout | 178,071 | 46.99 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||