HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2004
Swadesh Chakrabortty
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2004
2,46,937
27.09% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCDr. Bikram Sarkar
- Votes
- 2,42,507
- Vote share
- 26.60%
- Behind by
- 2,46,937
Electors
12,40,427
Total votes polled
9,11,632
Valid votes
9,11,632
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.5%
Full result, 2004
14 candidates · 9,11,632 valid votes
Swadesh ChakraborttyCPMwon
4,89,444
53.7%
Dr. Bikram SarkarAITC
2,42,507
26.6%
Sultan SinghINC
1,52,100
16.7%
Mantu DasIND
5,788
0.6%
Anup DeyJD(S)
4,013
0.4%
Prasadi RamIND
2,927
0.3%
Rabindra Kumar JaiswalBSP
2,864
0.3%
Monoranjan PolleyIND
2,445
0.3%
Bimal MondalIND
2,313
0.3%
Aloke GhoshIND
2,013
0.2%
Panchu Gopal BaganiIND
1,771
0.2%
Goutam MondalIND
1,521
0.2%
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
