Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency

Howrah Madhya
Constituency No. 171 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Lok Sabha constituencyHowrah
Established1951
Total electors223,616
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DTC
Elected year2026

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 171 Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 25 to 28 and 44 to 62 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.

Ward No. Councillor Party
25 Vacant Vacant
26
27
28
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62

Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Howrah North

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

Howrah South

Year Name Party
1951 Beni Charan Dutta Indian National Congress
1957 Kanai Lal Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc
1962

Howrah West

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

Howrah East

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

Howrah Central

Year Name Party
1967 D. Mitra Indian National Congress
1969 Anadi Das Revolutionary Communist Party of India
1971 Sudhindranath Kumar
1972 Mrityunjoy Banerjee Indian National Congress
1977 Sudhindranath Kumar Revolutionary Communist Party of India
1982 Ambica Banerjee Indian National Congress
1987
1991
1996
2001 Trinamool Congress
2006 Arup Ray Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Howrah Madhya

Year Name Party
2011 Arup Roy Trinamool Congress
2016
2021
2026

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Roy 95,948 49.6 Decrease7.56
BJP Biplab Mondal 79,865 41.28 Increase7.97
CPI(M) Imteaz Ahmed 11,280 5.83
INC Aparna Bose 2,747 1.42 Decrease5.21
NOTA None of the above 1,110 0.57 Decrease0.83
Majority 16,083 8.32 Decrease15.53
Turnout 193,459 90.02 Increase16.81
AITC hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Roy 111,554 57.16
BJP Sanjay Kumar Singh 65,007 33.31
INC Palash Bhandari 12,942 6.63
NOTA None of the above 2,735 1.4
Majority 46,547 23.85
Turnout 195,144 73.21
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Roy 91,800 52.20
JD(U) Amitabha Dutta 38,806 22.06
BJP Sanjay Kumar Singh 35,691 20.29
NOTA None of the above 4,135 2.35
SUCI(C) Soumitra Sengupta 1,326 0.75
Majority 52,994 30.13
Turnout 1,76,047 71.81
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Aroop Roy (Apu) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Arup Ray(Tukun)of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arup Roy 103,184 62.07
CPI(M) Arup Ray 52,514 31.59
BJP Ram Narayan Chowrasia 6,223 3.74
IND Sunil Dalui 1,594 0.96
JD(U) Vikram Singh Grewal 1,071 0.64
Majority 50,670 30.48
Turnout 1,66,407 74.11
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 18.20#

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

2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Arup Ray of CPI(M) won the Howrah Central assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections, Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool 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.

1972

Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1972. Sudhindranath Kumar of RCPI won in 1971, Anadi Das of RCPI won in 1969. D. Mitra of Congress won in 1967.

1962

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North

Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962. Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957. Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.

Howrah West

Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962. Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957 and 1951.

Howrah East

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962. Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957. Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.

For results of Howrah South constituency see Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency.

References

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