HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2024
PRASUN BANERJEE
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2024
1,69,442
13.32% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJPDR RATHIN CHAKRAVARTY
- Votes
- 4,57,051
- Vote share
- 35.94%
- Behind by
- 1,69,442
Electors
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Total votes polled
12,71,796
Valid votes
12,71,796
NOTA votes
10,084
0.79% of votes polled
Turnout
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Full result, 2024
14 candidates · 12,71,796 valid votes
PRASUN BANERJEEAITCwon
6,26,493
49.3%
DR RATHIN CHAKRAVARTYBJP
4,57,051
35.9%
SABYASACHI CHATTERJEECPM
1,52,005
12.0%
PALASH BACHARBSP
6,354
0.5%
SEIKH SAKIRUL ISLAMIND
5,271
0.4%
SHIWA MALLICKIND
3,220
0.3%
UTTAM CHATTERJEESUCI
2,325
0.2%
SHAMPA DASBNARP
2,065
0.2%
RATHIN GANGULYIND
1,887
0.1%
PRASUN LAHIRIIND
1,326
0.1%
RAJESH KUMAR PRASADAIAM
1,272
0.1%
ADARSHA MONDALIND
945
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PRASUN BANERJEE | AITC | 6,26,493 | 49.26% | DR RATHIN CHAKRAVARTY | 1,69,442 |
| 2019 | Prasun Banerjee | AITC | 5,76,711 | 47.18% | Rantidev Sengupta | 1,03,695 |
| 2014 | PRASUN BANERJEE | AITC | 4,88,461 | 43.40% | SRIDIP BHATTACHARYA | 1,96,956 |
| 2009 | AMBICA BANERJEE | AITC | 4,77,449 | 48.04% | SWADESH CHAKRABORTTY | 37,392 |
| 2004 | Swadesh Chakrabortty | CPM | 4,89,444 | 53.69% | Dr. Bikram Sarkar | 2,46,937 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above