HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 1999
Swadesh Chakraborty
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 1999
1,03,449
10.54% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
AITCDr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
- Votes
- 3,87,088
- Vote share
- 39.44%
- Behind by
- 1,03,449
Electors
13,81,960
Total votes polled
9,81,399
Valid votes
9,81,399
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.0%
Full result, 1999
18 candidates · 9,81,399 valid votes
Swadesh ChakrabortyCPMwon
4,90,537
50.0%
Dr. Kakoli Ghosh DastidarAITC
3,87,088
39.4%
Dr.Subhash Chandra BandyopadhyayINC
90,592
9.2%
Astogopal MondalIND
3,214
0.3%
Bijay Kumar SinghSP
2,952
0.3%
Ram Bilas PrasadBSP
1,605
0.2%
Ashok Kumar AgarwalRJD
908
0.1%
Bechan Lal ChaudhuryIND
869
0.1%
Shyam Bihari SinghJD(S)
824
0.1%
Bijay SinghIND
729
0.1%
Debendra Kumar SonkarIND
468
0.1%
Asoke RoyIND
438
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 18. 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
