HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2014
PRASUN BANERJEE
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2014
1,96,956
17.50% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
CPMSRIDIP BHATTACHARYA
- Votes
- 2,91,505
- Vote share
- 25.90%
- Behind by
- 1,96,956
Electors
15,05,099
Total votes polled
11,25,399
Valid votes
11,25,399
NOTA votes
9,929
0.88% of votes polled
Turnout
74.8%
Full result, 2014
15 candidates · 11,25,399 valid votes
PRASUN BANERJEEAITCwon
4,88,461
43.4%
SRIDIP BHATTACHARYACPM
2,91,505
25.9%
GEORGE BAKERBJP
2,48,120
22.1%
MANOJ KUMAR PANDEYINC
63,254
5.6%
SONIA DASIND
4,441
0.4%
SHIB CHANDRA RAMBSP
3,241
0.3%
GOBARDDHAN MANNAIUC
2,680
0.2%
DINESH KUMAR SHARMAIND
2,343
0.2%
SURAJ NARAYAN SINGHAAAP
2,186
0.2%
SANJIB SARKARIND
2,105
0.2%
MRITYUNJAY SARKARIND
2,034
0.2%
SOUMITRA SENGUPTASUCI
1,814
0.2%
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
