Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is an
assembly constituency in
Howrah district
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in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
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.
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.
Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 25
Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)
Howrah Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centeres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah Lok Sabha constituency are in Howrah dist ...
.
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Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress
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vote percentages taken together in 2016.
2011
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006
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Events
January
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, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...
won the Howrah North assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bani Singha of Trinamool Congress
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in 2006, Asok Ghosh of Congress
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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.
1967-1972
Shankarlal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1969.][ S.K.Mukherjee 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.][
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Howrah East
Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.[ Beni Charan 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
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Howrah district
1951 establishments in West Bengal
Constituencies established in 1951
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