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
LS constituencyHowrah
Established1952
Total electors223,616
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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. 17 to 20, 24 to 34, 36, 37 and 42 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.[1]

Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Howrah NorthBiren BanerjeeCommunist Party of India[2]
Howrah SouthBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress[2]
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress[2]
Howrah EastSaila Kumar MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
1957Howrah NorthSamar MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[3]
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[3]
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress[3]
Howrah EastBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress[3]
1962Howrah NorthSaila Kumar MukherjeeIndian National Congress[4]
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[4]
Howrah WestAnadi DassIndependent[4]
Howrah EastBejoy BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[4]
1967Howrah CentralD.MitraIndian National Congress[5]
1969Anadi DasRevolutionary Communist Party of India[6]
1971Sudhindranath KumarRevolutionary Communist Party of India[7]
1972Mrityunjoy BanerjeeIndian National Congress[8]
1977Sudhindranath KumarRevolutionary Communist Party of India[9]
1982Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress[10]
1987Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress[11]
1991Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress[12]
1996Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress[13]
2001Ambica BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006Arup RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Howrah MadhyaAroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Aroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Aroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Roy 111,554 57.16
BJP Sanjay Singh 65,007 33.31
INC Palash Bhandari 12,942 6.63
NOTA None of the above 2,735 1.40
Janata Dal (United) Anamika Singh 545 0.28
Majority 46,547 24.18
Turnout 1,95,258 73.26
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Roy 91,800 52.20
Janata Dal (United) Amitabha Dutta 38,806 22.06
BJP Sanjay 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[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aroop Roy 1,03,184 62.07
CPI(M) Arup Ray (Tukun) 52,514 31.59
BJP Ram Narayan Chowrasia 6,223 3.74
IND Sunil Dalui 1,594 0.96
Janata Dal (United) 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 Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] 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,[14] 1996,[13] 1991,[12] 1987[11] and 1982[10] 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.[9][18][19]

1967-1972

Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1972.[8] Sudhindranath Kumar of RCPI won in 1971,[7][19] Anadi Das of RCPI won in 1969.[6][19] D.Mitra of Congress won in 1967.[5]

1951-1962

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North

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

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

Howrah East

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.[4] Beni Chandra 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 Assembly constituency

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. 1 2 "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 Madhya. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "163 - Howrah Central Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  19. 1 2 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 416.
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