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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Howrah Uttar
| 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 Uttar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Howrah Uttar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Gautam Chowdhuri]]
| party = [[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 = 170
| established = 1951
| electors = 171,318
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Howrah Uttar 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. 170 Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 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 Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
!colspan="4"|''Howrah North''
|-
|[[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]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Saila Kumar Mukherjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Shankar Lal Mukherjee
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Chittabrata Majumdar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ashok Ghosh (TMC politician)|Ashok Ghosh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="4"|Lagan Deo Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
!colspan="4"|''Constituency renamed as Howrah Uttar from 2011''
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|[[Ashok Ghosh (TMC politician)|Ashok Ghosh]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Gautam Chowdhuri]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Umesh Rai]]
|
|
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2026 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Howrah Uttar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Umesh Rai
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 67,539
|percentage = 50.76
|change = {{increase}}6.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Gautam Chowdhuri
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 56,289
|percentage = 42.3
|change = {{decrease}}5.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Gautam Roy
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 5,997
|percentage = 4.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Om Prakash Jaiswal
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 920
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 848
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,250
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,32,347
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = TMC
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Uttar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Gautam Chowdhuri]]
|votes = 71,575
|percentage = 47.81
|change = {{increase}}1.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Umesh Rai
|votes = 66,053
|percentage = 44.12
|change = {{increase}}20.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Pawan Singh
|votes = 8,133
|percentage = 5.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1,670
|percentage = 1.12
|change = {{increase}}0.33
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Subhash Kumar Singhi
|votes = 911
|percentage = 0.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,522
|percentage = 3.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,49,762
|percentage = 68.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{increase}}1.41
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===

{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Uttar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]]
|votes = 61,917
|percentage = 46.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Pathak
|votes = 34,958
|percentage = 26.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Roopa Ganguly]]
|votes = 31,416
|percentage = 23.5
|change = {{increase}} 12.28
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Subodh Pathak
|votes = 1,146
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1,070
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 26,959
|percentage = 20.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,34,764
|percentage = 67.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{decrease}} 2.85
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Howrah|Howrah Uttar]]<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=170|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Howrah Uttar|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 1 May 2011|archive-date = 19 May 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163303/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=170|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ashoke Ghosh
|votes = 61,468
|percentage = 49.25
|change = {{increase}} 7.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nemai Samanta
|votes = 41,858
|percentage = 33.54
|change = {{decrease}} 20.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Umesh Rai
|votes = 16,494
|percentage = 13.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Hitendranath Mondal
|votes = 1,514
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Siddhartha Sarkar
|votes = 761
|percentage = 0.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 19,610
|percentage = 15.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,24,865
|percentage = 72.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{increase}} 27.75
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1977–2006 ===

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Lagan Deo Singh of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Howrah North assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bani Singha of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2006, Asok Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in the three other years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Asok Ghosh of Congress defeated Lagan Deo Singh of CPI(M) in 1987 and [[Chittabrata Majumdar]] of CPI(M) in 1982. Chittabrata Mazumdar of CPI(M) defeated Supriya Basu of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp162.htm |title =162 - Howrah North Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010 }}</ref>

=== 1967–1972 ===

Shankarlal Mukherjee 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> and 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> Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee of Congress 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> S.K.Mukherjee 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.<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.<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 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 Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Saila Kumar Mukhopdhyay of Congress won in 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

== References ==
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