Howrah is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Greater Kolkata of West Bengal and is located in East India. Howrah Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 86.28%. There are 15,05,099 voters of which 8,02,653 are male and 7,02,441 are female and 5 voters of the third gender.
Prasun Banerjee of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPM. TMC polled 4,88,461 of the total of 11,25,399 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Howrah goes to the polls in the 5st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, May 6, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 74.79%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 25 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,05,099 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,02,653 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,02,441 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 74.79% | 73.93% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,96,956 | 37,392 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.5% | 3.76% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 74.79% | 73.93% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,96,956 | 37,392 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.5% | 3.76% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 576711 | 47.18% | Prasun BanerjeeWinner |
| BJP | 473016 | 38.70% | Rantidev Sengupta |
| CPI(M) | 105547 | 8.64% | Sumitro Adhikary |
| INC | 32107 | 2.63% | Suvra Ghosh |
| IND | 6447 | 0.53% | Sekhar Mondal |
| Nota | 6337 | 0.52% | Nota |
| IND | 3949 | 0.32% | Shailendra Kumar Jaiswal |
| IND | 3555 | 0.29% | Sisir Samanta |
| IND | 2028 | 0.17% | Shyam Prasad Ram |
| SHS | 1840 | 0.15% | Chandra Sekhar Jha |
| PJP(S) | 1379 | 0.11% | Gautam Kumar Shaw |
| IND | 1347 | 0.11% | Debasish Mandal |
| IND | 1323 | 0.11% | Imtiaz Ahmed Mollah |
| IND | 1179 | 0.10% | Pankaj Gar |
| SUCI | 1120 | 0.09% | Md. Shanawaz |
| IND | 1014 | 0.08% | Kashi Nath Malick |
| IND | 1003 | 0.08% | Kanai Sit |
| IND | 975 | 0.08% | Ashraf Ali |
| SPOI | 730 | 0.06% | Sudarsan Manna |
| IND | 686 | 0.06% | Samir Mondal |
