Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 173 Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 35 to 42 and 63 to 68 of Howrah Municipal Corporation and Duila, Jorhat, Panchpara and Thanamakua gram panchayats of Sankrail community development block.
Ward No. CouncillorParty35VacantVacant36373839404142636465666768
Howrah South Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Howrah South YearNameParty1951Beni Charan Dutta1957Kanai Lal Bhattacharya19621967B. K. Bhattacharya1969Pralay Talukdar1971Santi Kumar Dasgupta19721977Pralay Talukdar19821987Mrityunjoy Banerjee1991Pralay Talukdar19962001Badal Basu2006Krishna Kisor Roy
Howrah Dakshin YearNameParty2011Brajamohan Mazumder20162021 Nandita Chowdhury2026
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Krishna Kisor Ray of CPI(M) won 164 Howrah South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amitava Dutta of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Badal Basu of CPI(M) defeated Arup Ray of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Roy of Congress in 1996, BJP's candidate Ambooj Sharma secured 10,237 votes, and Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress defeated Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) in 1987. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) defeated Amiya Kumar Dutta of Congress in 1982 and Ambica Banerjee of Congress in 1977.
1972 Santi Kumar Dasgupta of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Pralay Talukdar of CPI(M) won in 1969. B.K.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1962 and 1957. Beni Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1951.
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