About Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency
Howrah (Madhya) is constituency No. 171 of West Bengal legislative assembly. This unreserved constituency is part of Lok Sabha constituency No. 25 which is Howrah. According to the Election Commission of India, this constituency has 2,24,536 registered voters, out of which 1,23,585 are male, and 1,00,951 are female voters.
In the 2011 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress scored a major win from this constituency. Aroop Roy (Apu) of TMC defeated the closest contender, Arup Ray (Tukun) of CPI(M), in what was deemed to be a tense battle between the two namesakes. The TMC winner bagged 1,03,184 votes and won by a formidable margin of 50,670 votes. The voter turnout was 74.11 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Howrah Madhya assembly elections conducted so far.
| year | AC No. | AC name | Type of AC | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner-up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 171 | Howrah Madhya | GEN | Arup Roy(Apu) | M | AITC | 103184 | Arup Ray(Tukun) | M | CPM | 52514 |
| 2006 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Arup Ray (Tukun) | M | CPI(M) | 35657 | Ambica Banerjee | M | AITC | 28988 |
| 2001 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Ambica Banerjee | M | AITC | 47222 | Subir Ranjan Das | M | CPM | 27834 |
| 1996 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Ambica Banerjee | M | INC | 56763 | Sureswar Dutta | M | JD | 26764 |
| 1991 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Ambika Banerjee | M | INC | 48075 | Sureswar Dutta | M | JD | 24760 |
| 1987 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Ambica Banerjee | M | INC | 45955 | Sankar Mondol | M | IND | 31794 |
| 1982 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Ambica Banerjee | M | INC | 35954 | Sudhin Kumar | M | IND | 29785 |
| 1977 | 163 | Howrah Central | GEN | Sudhindra Nath Kumar | M | IND | 21502 | Sukumar Banerjee | M | JNP | 15471 |
| 1972 | 153 | Howrah Central | GEN | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | M | INC | 25326 | Sudhindra Nath Kumar | M | RCI | 15870 |
| 1971 | 153 | Howrah Central | GEN | Sudhin Kumar | M | RCI | 12616 | Saradindu Sekhar Sett | M | NCO | 10407 |
| 1969 | 153 | Howrah Central | GEN | Anadi Das | M | RCI | 28522 | Dwijendra Nath Mitra | M | INC | 19419 |
| 1967 | 153 | Howrah Central | GEN | D . Mitra | M | INC | 19770 | A . Das | M | IND | 15663 |
Last Updated on June 04, 2020