# Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency

Howrah Uttar 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. 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).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Howrah North | Biren Banerjee | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Howrah North | Samar Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Howrah North | Saila Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Howrah North | Saila Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Howrah North | Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Howrah North | Shankar Lal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Howrah North | Shankar Lal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Howrah North | Chittabrata Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Howrah North | Ashok Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Howrah North | Ashok Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Howrah North | Lagan Deo Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Howrah North | Lagan Deo Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Howrah North | Lagan Deo Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Howrah North | Lagan Deo Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Howrah Uttar | Ashok Ghosh | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Howrah Uttar | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Howrah Uttar | Gautam Chowdhuri | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Gautam Chowdhuri | 71,575 | 47.81 |
| | BJP | Umesh Rai | 66,053 | 44.12 |
| | CPI(M) | Pawan Singh | 8,133 | 5.43 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,670 | 1.12 |
| | IND | Subhash Kumar Singhi | 911 | 0.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,522 | 3.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,762 | 68.53 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | 61,917 | 46.40 |
| | INC | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 34,958 | 26.20 |
| | BJP | Roopa Ganguly | 31,416 | 23.50 |
| | IND | Subodh Pathak | 1,146 | 0.9 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,070 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,959 | 20.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,764 | 67.98 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ashoke Ghosh | 61,468 | 49.25 | +7.29 |
| | CPI(M) | Nemai Samanta | 41,858 | 33.54 | −20.46 |
| | BJP | Umesh Rai | 16,494 | 13.22 | |
| | IND | Hitendranath Mondal | 1,514 | 1.21 | |
| | BSP | Siddhartha Sarkar | 761 | 0.61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,610 | 15.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,865 | 72.52 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 27.75# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) won the Howrah North assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bani Singha of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Asok Ghosh of Congress 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.

#### 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