Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency

Howrah Uttar
Howrah Uttar
Constituency No. 170 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Established	1951
Total electors	171,318
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Umesh Rai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Howrah Uttar 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. 170 Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
Howrah North
1951	Biren Banerjee	Communist Party of India
1957	Samar Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India
1962	Saila Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
1967	Saila Kumar Mukherjee
1969	Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee
1971	Shankar Lal Mukherjee
1972	Shankar Lal Mukherjee
1977	Chittabrata Majumdar	Communist Party of India
1982	Ashok Ghosh	Indian National Congress
1987	Ashok Ghosh	Indian National Congress
1991	Lagan Deo Singh	Communist Party of India
1996
2001
2006
Constituency renamed as Howrah Uttar from 2011
2011	Ashok Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Laxmi Ratan Shukla
2021	Gautam Chowdhuri
2026	Umesh Rai	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Umesh Rai	67,539	50.76	6.64
	AITC	Gautam Choudhury	56,289	42.3	5.51
	CPI(M)	Gautam Roy	5,997	4.51	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	848	0.64	0.48
Majority			11,250	8.46	4.77
Turnout			133,063	88.64	20.13
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	12.15

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Gautam Chowdhuri	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
Majority			5,522	3.69
Turnout			149,720	68.51
	AITC hold		Swing	1.41

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	61,917	46.4	2.85
	INC	Santosh Kumar Pathak	34,958	26.2
	BJP	Roopa Ganguly	31,416	23.5	12.28
	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	2.85

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar^[4]
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

2006

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.^[5]

1972

Shankarlal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972^[6] and 1971.^[7] Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1969.^[8] S.K.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.^[9]

1962

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North

Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962.^[10] Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957.^[11] Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.^[12]

Howrah West

Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.^[10] Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957^[11] and 1951.^[12]

Howrah East

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.^[10] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1957.^[11] Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.^[12]

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ "162 - Howrah North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[election2026-2] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[vidhansabha2011-4] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[election1977-5] "162 - Howrah North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.

[vidhansabha1972-6] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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