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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Howrah Madhya
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Howrah Madhya.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Madhya Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Arup Roy]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
| constituency_no = 171
| established = 1951
| electors = 223,616
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 171 Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 17 to 20, 24 to 34, 36, 37 and 42 of [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
===Howrah North===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Biren Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Samar Mukhopadhyay
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Saila Kumar Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

===Howrah South===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Beni Charan Dutta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="2"|Kanai Lal Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|}

===Howrah West===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="2"|Bankim Chandra Kar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Anadi Das
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|}

===Howrah East===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Beni Charan Dutta
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Bejoy Bhattacharya
|}

===Howrah Central===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|D. Mitra
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Anadi Das
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Sudhindranath Kumar
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Mrityunjoy Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Sudhindranath Kumar
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="5"|Ambica Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Arup Ray
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|}

===Howrah Madhya===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Arup Roy]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Howrah Madhya}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Aroop Roy]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes= 95,948{{formatnum:}}|percentage=49.59%|change=-7.57%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Biplab Mondal|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=79,865{{formatnum:}}|percentage=41.28%|change=+7.97%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Imteaz Ahmed|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes= 11,280{{formatnum:}}|percentage=5.83%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Aparna Bose|party=Indian National Congress|votes=2,747{{formatnum:}}|percentage=1.42%|change=-5.21}}

{{Election box majority||votes=16,083{{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,93,459{{formatnum:}}|percentage=88.19|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing = -7.77%
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Aroop Roy]]
|votes = 1,11,554
|percentage = 57.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanjay Singh
|votes = 65,007
|percentage = 33.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Palash Bhandari
|votes = 12,942
|percentage = 6.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,735
|percentage =1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Anamika Singh
|votes = 545
|percentage =0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 46,547
|percentage = 24.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,95,258
|percentage = 73.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Aroop Roy]]
|votes = 91,800
|percentage = 52.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Amitabha Dutta
|votes = 38,806
|percentage =22.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanjay Singh
|votes = 35,691
|percentage = 20.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 4,135
|percentage =2.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Soumitra Sengupta
|votes = 1,326
|percentage =0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 52,994
|percentage = 30.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,76,047
|percentage = 71.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Aroop Roy (Apu) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Arup Ray(Tukun)of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Madhya]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=171|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Howrah Madhya|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 1 May 2011|archive-date = 19 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163323/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=171|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Aroop Roy]]
|votes = 1,03,184
|percentage = 62.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Arup Ray (Tukun)
|votes = 52,514
|percentage = 31.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ram Narayan Chowrasia

|votes = 6,223
|percentage = 3.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Sunil Dalui
|votes = 1,594
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Vikram Singh Grewal
|votes = 1,071
|percentage = 0.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 50,670
|percentage = 30.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,66,407
|percentage = 74.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 18.20#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Arup Ray of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Howrah Central assembly seat defeating his nearest rival [[Ambica Banerjee]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref> 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> and 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> state assembly elections, Ambica Banerjee of Trinamool Congress/ [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Subir Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 2001, Sureswar Dutta of [[Janata Dal]] in 1996 and 1991, Sankar Mondol, Independent, in 1987, and [[Sudhindranath Kumar]] in 1982. Sudhindranath Kumar, [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]], defeated Sukumar Banerjee of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp163.htm |title =163 - Howrah Central Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=416}}</ref>

===1967-1972===
[[Mrityunjoy Banerjee (economist)|Mrityunjoy Banerjee]] of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Sudhindranath Kumar of [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RCPI]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Committee"/> [[Anadi Das]] of RCPI won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Committee"/> D. Mitra of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>

===1951-1962===
During the period Howrah had four Vidhan Sabha constituencies.

====Howrah North====
Saila Mukherjee of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Samar Mukhopadhyay of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Biren Banerjee of CPI won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>

====Howrah West====
Anadi Dass, Independent, won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Bankim Chandra Kar of Congress won in 1957<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

====Howrah East====
Bejoy Bhattacharyya of Congress won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Beni Chandra Dutta of Congress won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

For results of Howrah South constituency see [[Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency]].

==References==
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