Existence 1951-present Current MP Prasun Banerjee Total Electors 1,505,099 State West Bengal Female electors 702,446 | Reservation None Elected Year 2014 Member of parliament Prasun Banerjee Male electors 802,653 | |
Assembly Constituencies Bally
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail (SC)
Panchla Party All India Trinamool Congress Last election Indian general election, 2014 Assembly segments Howrah North, Panchla, Howrah South, Shibpur, Sankrail, Howrah Central, Bally | ||
Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাওড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Howrah district.
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Overview
The Hindustan Times reported, “Howrah is a 500-year old urban agglomeration on the eastern (western?) bank of the Hooghly river and is best known for unplanned, densely populated habitation, one of the country's biggest rail terminuses and a rusty manufacturing sector, especially iron foundries.”
About the foundry industry The Times of India wrote, “Some have already downed their shutters. Others keep open for three days a week. A cut in wages has been accepted by the workers mostly without even a grumble. The foundry industry of Howrah, once known as the Sheffield of India and one of the largest employers in the state, is now gasping for breath.”
According to The Hindu, Howrah and Sreerampur constituencies have more than 25 % non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 25 Howrah is composed of the following segments:
Prior to delimitation, Howrah Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bally (Assembly Constituency no. 161), Howrah North(AC 162), Howrah Central (AC 163), Howrah South (AC 164), Shibpur (AC 165), Domjur (AC 166), Sankrail (SC) (AC 169)
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
By-election 2013
In 2013, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Ambica Banerjee.
General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below: