Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency

Howrah Dakshin
Constituency No. 173 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
LS constituencyHowrah
Established1951
Total electors294,099
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Howrah Dakshin 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. 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

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Howrah North Biren Banerjee Communist Party of India[2]
Howrah South Beni Charan Dutta Indian National Congress[2]
Howrah West Bankim Chandra Kar Indian National Congress[2]
Howrah East Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Howrah North Samar Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India[3]
Howrah South Kanai Lal Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc[3]
Howrah West Bankim Chandra Kar Indian National Congress[3]
Howrah East Beni Charan Dutta Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Howrah North Saila Mukherjee Indian National Congress[4]
Howrah South Kanai Lal Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc[4]
Howrah West Anadi Dass Independent[4]
Howrah East Bejoy Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Howrah South B,K.Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Santi Kumar Dasgupta Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Santi Kumar Dasgupta Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Mrityunjoy Banerjee Indian National Congress[11]
1991 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Badal Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Krishna Kisor Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Howrah Dakshin Brojo Mohan Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Brojo Mohan Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2021 Nandita Choudhury All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin
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

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Brajamohan Majumder 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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Broja Mohan Majumdar 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,[15] 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.[14] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996[13] and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.[12] Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.[11] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982[10] and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[9][20]

1951-1972

Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.[6] B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[5] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.[2]

References

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  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.