HOWRAH
Constituency no. 25 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2019
Prasun Banerjee
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2019
1,03,695
8.48% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
BJPRantidev Sengupta
- Votes
- 4,73,016
- Vote share
- 38.70%
- Behind by
- 1,03,695
Electors
16,33,925
Total votes polled
12,22,293
Valid votes
12,22,293
NOTA votes
6,337
0.52% of votes polled
Turnout
74.8%
Full result, 2019
19 candidates · 12,22,293 valid votes
Prasun BanerjeeAITCwon
5,76,711
47.2%
Rantidev SenguptaBJP
4,73,016
38.7%
Sumitro AdhikaryCPM
1,05,547
8.6%
SUVRA GHOSHINC
32,107
2.6%
SEKHAR MONDALIND
6,447
0.5%
SHAILENDRA KUMAR JAISWALIND
3,949
0.3%
SISIR SAMANTAIND
3,555
0.3%
SHYAM PRASAD RAMIND
2,028
0.2%
CHANDRA SEKHAR JHASHS
1,840
0.1%
GAUTAM KUMAR SHAWPUJP
1,379
0.1%
Debasish MandalIND
1,347
0.1%
IMTIAZ AHMED MOLLAHIND
1,323
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 19. 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
