Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency

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{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Howrah Madhya

| type= SLA

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Howrah Madhya.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency

| map_alt =

| mla = Arup Roy

| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2021

| state = West Bengal

| district = Howrah

| loksabha_cons = Howrah

| constituency_no = 171

| established = 1951

| electors = 223,616

| reservation = None

| abolished =

}}

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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Howrah NorthBiren BanerjeeCommunist Party of India{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
Howrah SouthBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress
Howrah EastSaila Kumar MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress
1957Howrah NorthSamar MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc
Howrah WestBankim Chandra KarIndian National Congress
Howrah EastBeni Charan DuttaIndian National Congress
1962Howrah NorthSaila Kumar MukherjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc
Howrah WestAnadi DasIndependent
Howrah EastBejoy BhattacharyaIndian National Congress
1967Howrah CentralD.MitraIndian National Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1969Anadi DasRevolutionary Communist Party of India{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1971Sudhindranath KumarRevolutionary Communist Party of India{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1972Mrityunjoy BanerjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1977Sudhindranath KumarRevolutionary Communist Party of India{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1982Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1987Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1991Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1996Ambica BanerjeeIndian National Congress{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}
2001Ambica BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2006Arup RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist){{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2011Howrah MadhyaAroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2016Aroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Aroop RoyAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

=2021=

{{Election box begin | title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Aroop Roy

|votes = 1,11,554

|percentage = 57.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Sanjay Singh

|votes = 65,007

|percentage = 33.31

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Palash Bhandari

|votes = 12,942

|percentage = 6.63

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 2,735

|percentage =1.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Anamika Singh

|votes = 545

|percentage =0.28

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 46,547

|percentage = 24.18

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,95,258

|percentage = 73.26

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

=2016=

{{Election box begin | title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Aroop Roy

|votes = 91,800

|percentage = 52.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Amitabha Dutta

|votes = 38,806

|percentage =22.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Sanjay Singh

|votes = 35,691

|percentage = 20.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 4,135

|percentage =2.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)

|candidate = Soumitra Sengupta

|votes = 1,326

|percentage =0.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 52,994

|percentage = 30.13

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,76,047

|percentage = 71.81

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

=2011=

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

{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=171|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Howrah Madhya|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 1 May 2011|archive-date = 19 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163323/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=171|url-status = usurped}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Aroop Roy

|votes = 1,03,184

|percentage = 62.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Arup Ray (Tukun)

|votes = 52,514

|percentage = 31.59

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Ram Narayan Chowrasia

|votes = 6,223

|percentage = 3.74

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = IND

|candidate = Sunil Dalui

|votes = 1,594

|percentage = 0.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Vikram Singh Grewal

|votes = 1,071

|percentage = 0.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 50,670

|percentage = 30.48

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,66,407

|percentage = 74.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|swing = 18.20#

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

=1977-2006=

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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp163.htm |title =163 - Howrah Central Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=416}}

=1967-1972=

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.

=1951-1962=

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