Howrah Dakshin

Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাওড়া দক্ষিন বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) (earlier called Howrah South) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Howrah Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Howrah Dakshin
Location in West Bengal
Howrah Dakshin
Howrah Dakshin (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′00″N 88°17′00″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Constituency No173
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency25. Howrah
Electorate (year)233,869 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 173 Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of 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 MukherjeeIndian National Congress[4]
Howrah SouthKanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[4]
Howrah WestAnadi DassIndependent[4]
Howrah EastBejoy BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[4]
1967Howrah SouthB,K.BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[5]
1969Pralay TalukdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Santi Kumar DasguptaIndian National Congress[7]
1972Santi Kumar DasguptaIndian National Congress[8]
1977Pralay TalukdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Pralay TalukdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Mrityunjoy BanerjeeIndian National Congress[11]
1991Pralay TalukdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Pralay TalukdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Badal BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Krishna Kisor RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Howrah DakshinBrojo Mohan MazumdarAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Howrah Dakshin constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Broja Mohan Majumdar 101,066 56.06 #
CPI (M) Krishna Kishor Roy 69,644 38.63 -9.43
BJP Pramila Singh 4,256 2.36
Independent Sekh Abdul Momin 1,803
Independent Biswanath Mete 828
JD(U) Bedar Bakht 824
Independent Samir Bachar 598
PDS Subhrajit Bhaduri 558
Independent Uttam Dey 395
Independent Asok Krishna Das 299
Turnout 180,271 77.08
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing #

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Howrah district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 11
Forward bloc 0 3

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][18]

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
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "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. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. "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 Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. "164 - Howrah South Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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