Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency

Howrah Dakshin
Howrah Dakshin
Constituency No. 173 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Established	1951
Total electors	294,099
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Nandita Chowdhury
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Howrah North

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

Howrah South

Year	Name
1951	Beni Charan Dutta	Indian National Congress
1957	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc
1962	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc
1967	B. K. Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress
1969	Pralay Talukdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	Santi Kumar Dasgupta	Indian National Congress
1972	Santi Kumar Dasgupta	Indian National Congress
1977	Pralay Talukdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Pralay Talukdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987	Mrityunjoy Banerjee	Indian National Congress
1991	Pralay Talukdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996	Pralay Talukdar
2001	Badal Basu
2006	Krishna Kisor Roy

Howrah East

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

Howrah West

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

Howrah Dakshin

Year	Name
2011	Brajamohan Mazumder	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Brajamohan Mazumder
2021	Nandita Choudhury

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 Mazumder	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^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Brajamohan Mazumder	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,^[4] 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.^[5] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996^[6] and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991.^[7] Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987.^[8] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982^[9] and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.^[10]^[11]

1951-1972

Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972^[12] and 1971.^[13] Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969.^[14] B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.^[15] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962^[16] and 1957.^[17] Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "164 - Howrah South 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.
^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "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] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[vidhansabha2011-2] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Howrah Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[vidhansabha2006-4] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha2001-5] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1996-6] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1991-7] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1987-8] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1982-9] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1977-10] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[11] "164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.

[vidhansabha1972-12] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1971-13] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1969-14] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1967-15] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1962-16] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1957-17] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1952-18] "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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