HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2009
AMBICA BANERJEE
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2009
37,392
3.76% of valid votes
Result, 2009
Runner-up
CPMSWADESH CHAKRABORTTY
- Votes
- 4,40,057
- Vote share
- 44.27%
- Behind by
- 37,392
Electors
13,44,746
Total votes polled
9,93,958
Valid votes
9,93,958
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.9%
Full result, 2009
15 candidates · 9,93,958 valid votes
AMBICA BANERJEEAITCwon
4,77,449
48.0%
SWADESH CHAKRABORTTYCPM
4,40,057
44.3%
POLLY MUKHERJEEBJP
37,723
3.8%
BIJOY UPPADHYASP
8,615
0.9%
SUBARNA CHAKRABORTYIND
8,180
0.8%
RAMAVTAR GUPTABSP
5,682
0.6%
MANOJ KUMAR PASWANIND
3,710
0.4%
SANJAY MAKALIND
2,603
0.3%
SANATAN BAGIND
2,318
0.2%
NARAD PANDITIND
1,459
0.1%
GOUTAM GAYENIND
1,423
0.1%
SUDARSHAN MANNASTPI
1,357
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. 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
