Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency

Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Howrah Madhya
Constituency No. 171 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Established	1951
Total electors	223,616
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arup Roy
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 171 Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 17 to 20, 24 to 34, 36, 37 and 42 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Howrah North	Biren Banerjee	Communist Party of India[2]
	Howrah South	Beni Charan Dutta	Indian National Congress[2]
	Howrah West	Bankim Chandra Kar	Indian National Congress[2]
	Howrah East	Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay	Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Howrah North	Samar Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India[3]
	Howrah South	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc[3]
	Howrah West	Bankim Chandra Kar	Indian National Congress[3]
	Howrah East	Beni Charan Dutta	Indian National Congress[3]
1962	Howrah North	Saila Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress[4]
	Howrah South	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc[4]
	Howrah West	Anadi Das	Independent[4]
	Howrah East	Bejoy Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[4]
1967	Howrah Central	D.Mitra	Indian National Congress[5]
1969		Anadi Das	Revolutionary Communist Party of India[6]
1971		Sudhindranath Kumar	Revolutionary Communist Party of India[7]
1972		Mrityunjoy Banerjee	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Sudhindranath Kumar	Revolutionary Communist Party of India[9]
1982		Ambica Banerjee	Indian National Congress[10]
1987		Ambica Banerjee	Indian National Congress[11]
1991		Ambica Banerjee	Indian National Congress[12]
1996		Ambica Banerjee	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Ambica Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006		Arup Ray	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011	Howrah Madhya	Aroop Roy	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016		Aroop Roy	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Aroop Roy	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Roy	111,554	57.16
	BJP	Sanjay Singh	65,007	33.31
	INC	Palash Bhandari	12,942	6.63
	NOTA	None of the above	2,735	1.40
	JD(U)	Anamika Singh	545	0.28
Majority			46,547	24.18
Turnout			1,95,258	73.26
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Roy	91,800	52.20
	JD(U)	Amitabha Dutta	38,806	22.06
	BJP	Sanjay Singh	35,691	20.29
	NOTA	None of the above	4,135	2.35
	SUCI(C)	Soumitra Sengupta	1,326	0.75
Majority			52,994	30.13
Turnout			1,76,047	71.81
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Aroop Roy (Apu) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Arup Ray(Tukun)of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Howrah Madhya^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aroop Roy	1,03,184	62.07
	CPI(M)	Arup Ray (Tukun)	52,514	31.59
	BJP	Ram Narayan Chowrasia	6,223	3.74
	IND	Sunil Dalui	1,594	0.96
	JD(U)	Vikram Singh Grewal	1,071	0.64
Majority			50,670	30.48
Turnout			1,66,407	74.11
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	18.20#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections^[15] Arup Ray of CPI(M) won the Howrah Central assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,^[14] 1996,^[13] 1991,^[12] 1987^[11] and 1982^[10] state assembly elections, Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress/ Congress defeated Subir Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 2001, Sureswar Dutta of Janata Dal in 1996 and 1991, Sankar Mondol, Independent, in 1987, and Sudhindranath Kumar in 1982. Sudhindranath Kumar, Revolutionary Communist Party of India, defeated Sukumar Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.^[9][18][19]

1967-1972

Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Sudhindranath Kumar of RCPI won in 1971,^[7][19] Anadi Das of RCPI won in 1969.^[6][19] D. Mitra of Congress won in 1967.^[5]

1951-1962

During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

Howrah North

Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962.^[4] Samar Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1957.^[3] Biren Banerjee of CPI won in 1951.^[2]

Howrah West

Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.^[4] Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957^[3] and 1951.^[2]

Howrah East

Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.^[4] Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957.^[3] Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.^[2]

For results of Howrah South constituency see Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency