# Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency

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

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Howrah North | Biren Banerjee | Communist Party of India |
| | Howrah South | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| | Howrah West | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress |
| | Howrah East | Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Howrah North | Samar Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| | Howrah South | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc |
| | Howrah West | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress |
| | Howrah East | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Howrah North | Saila Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| | Howrah South | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc |
| | Howrah West | Anadi Dass | Independent |
| | Howrah East | Bejoy Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Howrah South | 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 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Badal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Krishna Kisor Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Howrah Dakshin | Brojo Mohan Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Brojo Mohan Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Nandita Choudhury | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 50,569 | 23.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,17,055 | 73.77 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Brajamohan Majumder | 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 | Majority | Majority | 16,194 | 8.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,96,208 | 73.58 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Broja Mohan Majumdar | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,422 | 17.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,437 | 76.94 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | # | |
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996 and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982 and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.

### 1951-1972

Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962 and 1957. Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.