Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Howrah (West Bengal) was won by Prasun Banerjee (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 103,695 votes over Rantidev Sengupta. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Howrah, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1951–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1951
Santosh Kumar Dutta
Indian National Congress
60,929
34.2%
Sarkar, Anil Kumar (Communist Party of India)
1,766 (1.0 pts)
1957
Mohammed Elias
Communist Party of India
108,238
48.3%
Santosh Kr. Dutt (Indian National Congress)
40,835 (18.2 pts)
1962
Mohammad Elias
Communist Party of India
137,812
42.4%
Krishna Kumar Chatterji (Indian National Congress)
3,936 (1.2 pts)
1967
K. K. Chatterjee
Indian National Congress
176,469
46.7%
S. Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist))
42,294 (11.2 pts)
1971
Samar Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
150,917
47.7%
Mrityunjoy Banerjee (Indian National Congress)
25,042 (7.9 pts)
1977
Samar Mukherjee 11Dharmatala Lane
CPI (Marxist)
236,530
62.7%
Nityananda Dey (Indian National Congress)
104,731 (27.8 pts)
1980
Samar Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
263,337
53.0%
Nityananda Dey (Congress (I))
58,309 (11.7 pts)
1984
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi
Indian National Congress
381,216
56.3%
Samar Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist))
94,042 (13.9 pts)
1989
Sushanta Chakarborty
CPI (Marxist)
397,138
48.6%
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi (Indian National Congress)
1,432 (0.2 pts)
1991
Susanta Chakraborty S/O Sudhir
CPI (Marxist)
351,744
44.7%
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi (Indian National Congress)
7,380 (0.9 pts)
1996
Priya Ranjan Das Munsi
Indian National Congress
459,059
47.9%
Susanta Chakraborty (CPI (Marxist))
33,931 (3.5 pts)
1998
Dr Bikram Sarkar
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
437,224
43.2%
Swadesh Chakraborty (CPI (Marxist))
6,535 (0.7 pts)
1999
Swadesh Chakraborty
CPI (Marxist)
490,537
50.0%
Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (All India Trinamool Congress)
103,449 (10.5 pts)
2004
Swadesh Chakrabortty
CPI (Marxist)
489,444
53.7%
Dr. Bikram Sarkar (All India Trinamool Congress)
246,937 (27.1 pts)
2009
Ambica Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
477,449
48.0%
Swadesh Chakrabortty (CPI (Marxist))
37,392 (3.8 pts)
2014
Prasun Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
488,461
43.4%
Sridip Bhattacharya (CPI (Marxist))
196,956 (17.5 pts)
2019
Prasun Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
576,711
47.4%
Rantidev Sengupta (Bharatiya Janata Party)
103,695 (8.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1951
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Santosh Kumar Dutta
Indian National Congress
60,929
34.2%
Sarkar, Anil Kumar
Communist Party of India
59,163
33.2%
Bhattacharya Bejoy Krishna
KMPP
37,989
21.3%
Banerjee Raghabendra Nath
Independent
15,567
8.7%
Bandopadhyay, Sibnath
Samajwadi Party
4,423
2.5%
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mohammed Elias
Communist Party of India
108,238
48.3%
Santosh Kr. Dutt
Indian National Congress
67,403
30.1%
Haripada Bharati
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
48,457
21.6%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mohammad Elias
Communist Party of India
137,812
42.4%
Krishna Kumar Chatterji
Indian National Congress
133,876
41.2%
Haripada Bharati
Jharkhand Party
53,602
16.5%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K. K. Chatterjee
Indian National Congress
176,469
46.7%
S. Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
134,175
35.5%
M. Elias
Communist Party of India
67,626
17.9%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Samar Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
150,917
47.7%
Mrityunjoy Banerjee
Indian National Congress
125,875
39.8%
Shyam Sundar Gupta
All India Forward Bloc
22,464
7.1%
Dev Sadhan Basu
Congress (O)
17,154
5.4%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Samar Mukherjee 11Dharmatala Lane
CPI (Marxist)
236,530
62.7%
Nityananda Dey
Indian National Congress
131,799
34.9%
Samar Mookherjee
Independent
4,578
1.2%
Banshi Dhar Banerjee
Independent
3,770
1.0%
Jibandhon Mukhopadhya
Independent
562
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Samar Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
263,337
53.0%
Nityananda Dey
Congress (I)
205,028
41.3%
Durgaprasad Nathany
Janata Party
18,538
3.7%
Dwijendra Lal Ghosh
Janata Party (Secular)
4,718
0.9%
Jibandhan Mukhopadhya
Independent
1,661
0.3%
Sailendra Nath Ghosh
Independent
1,527
0.3%
Asit Chakravarty
Independent
905
0.2%
Karuna Nidhan Roy
Independent
580
0.1%
Surya Narain Singh
Independent
571
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi
Indian National Congress
381,216
56.3%
Samar Mukherjee
CPI (Marxist)
287,174
42.4%
Keshab Das
Independent
2,329
0.3%
Amiya Bhattacharya
ICS
2,016
0.3%
Baboo Ram Tibrewal
Independent
1,797
0.3%
Parmeshwar Singh
Independent
1,344
0.2%
Kashi Nath Chowdhary
Independent
747
0.1%
Jibandhon Mukherji
Independent
724
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sushanta Chakarborty
CPI (Marxist)
397,138
48.6%
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi
Indian National Congress
395,706
48.5%
Molla Zahurul
MIM
4,168
0.5%
Asis Kumar Nandi
Independent
3,951
0.5%
Manzurul Mannan
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,041
0.2%
Anil Baran Das
AMB
2,006
0.2%
Asoke Chakraborty
Independent
1,829
0.2%
Partha Pratim Banerjee
Independent
1,758
0.2%
Ranjit Chatterjee
Independent
1,096
0.1%
Swapan Paroi
Independent
928
0.1%
Ashoke Chatterjee
Independent
900
0.1%
Bhab Shilpi Gopal Dey
Independent
871
0.1%
Subrata Dhar
Independent
791
0.1%
Rajendra Prasad Kusha
DDP
571
0.1%
Probir Paul
Independent
558
0.1%
Durga Das Karar
Independent
526
0.1%
Subhasis Mitra
Independent
507
0.1%
Dharam Pal Singh
Independent
451
0.1%
Ram Lal Choudhury
Independent
441
0.1%
Md. Alimuddin
Independent
430
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Susanta Chakraborty S/O Sudhir
CPI (Marxist)
351,744
44.7%
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi
Indian National Congress
344,364
43.8%
Sachindra Nath Mukherjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
69,136
8.8%
Prem Nath Singh
Independent
3,547
0.5%
Pawan Kumar Sureka
Independent
2,106
0.3%
Supapshom Manna
Janata Party
2,095
0.3%
Tapan Dutta Gupta
WPI
1,781
0.2%
Tapasi Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,658
0.2%
Ram Chandra Adak
Independent
1,531
0.2%
Prabir Paul
Independent
1,347
0.2%
Susanta Chakraverty S/O Shankar
Independent
1,082
0.1%
Biswajit Mukherjee
Independent
950
0.1%
Santimoy Mukherjee
Independent
899
0.1%
Dharampal Singh
Independent
878
0.1%
Sushanta Chakraverty S/O Kalipada
Independent
737
0.1%
Rajendra Prasad Kusha
DDP
523
0.1%
Manzurul Mannan
Independent
419
0.1%
Bhab Shilpi Gopal Dey
Independent
331
0.0%
Nemai Munshi
Independent
321
0.0%
Amar Nath Banerjee
Independent
295
0.0%
Sawal Singh
Independent
292
0.0%
Ranjit Chatterjee
Independent
292
0.0%
Rajendra Nath Gupta
Independent
264
0.0%
Dulal Mal
Independent
201
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Priya Ranjan Das Munsi
Indian National Congress
459,059
47.9%
Susanta Chakraborty
CPI (Marxist)
425,128
44.4%
Ashish Ray
Bharatiya Janata Party
58,367
6.1%
Probir Paul
Independent
2,870
0.3%
Rabindra Nath Ghosal
Independent
2,178
0.2%
Md. Yakub
Independent
1,450
0.2%
Manjurul Mannan
Independent
1,388
0.1%
Ranjit Chatterjee
Independent
1,269
0.1%
Anil Baran Das
AMB
1,027
0.1%
Sekh Abdul Momin
Independent
959
0.1%
Kailash Ojha
Independent
835
0.1%
Rambilas Prosad
Independent
724
0.1%
Amitabh Bose
Independent
593
0.1%
Dab Silpi Gopal Dey
Independent
552
0.1%
Probir Kumar Das
Independent
518
0.1%
Shailesh Kumar Pandey
Independent
366
0.0%
Salil Chatterjee
Independent
348
0.0%
Pankaj Mallick
Independent
319
0.0%
Rajesh Kumar Bhutra
Independent
303
0.0%
Dulal Mal
Independent
287
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr Bikram Sarkar
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
437,224
43.2%
Swadesh Chakraborty
CPI (Marxist)
430,689
42.5%
Ambica Banerjee
Indian National Congress
134,787
13.3%
Prof Dr Sushen Mondal
Independent
1,794
0.2%
Ranjit Chatterjee
Independent
1,339
0.1%
Md Shafi Alam
Independent
1,263
0.1%
Aloke Barman
Independent
1,178
0.1%
Muhammad Yakub
Independent
1,152
0.1%
Amar Nath Ojha
Independent
1,123
0.1%
Shrikant Upadhyay
Independent
699
0.1%
Aloke Banerjee
Independent
514
0.1%
Biman Chandra Roy
Independent
447
0.0%
Nandalal Show
Independent
293
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Swadesh Chakraborty
CPI (Marxist)
490,537
50.0%
Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
387,088
39.4%
Dr.Subhash Chandra Bandyopadhyay
Indian National Congress
90,592
9.2%
Astogopal Mondal
Independent
3,214
0.3%
Bijay Kumar Singh
Samajwadi Party
2,952
0.3%
Ram Bilas Prasad
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,605
0.2%
Ashok Kumar Agarwal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
908
0.1%
Bechan Lal Chaudhury
Independent
869
0.1%
Shyam Bihari Singh
Janata Dal (Secular)
824
0.1%
Bijay Singh
Independent
729
0.1%
Debendra Kumar Sonkar
Independent
468
0.0%
Asoke Roy
Independent
438
0.0%
Ranjit Chatterjee
Independent
271
0.0%
Samar Mondal
Independent
200
0.0%
Prasanta Kumar Mahato
Independent
196
0.0%
Rajendra Prasad
Nationalist Congress Party
195
0.0%
Shekh Alauddin Raj
Independent
193
0.0%
Sushil Bagani
Independent
120
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Swadesh Chakrabortty
CPI (Marxist)
489,444
53.7%
Dr. Bikram Sarkar
All India Trinamool Congress
242,507
26.6%
Sultan Singh
Indian National Congress
152,100
16.7%
Mantu Das
Independent
5,788
0.6%
Anup Dey
Janata Dal (Secular)
4,013
0.4%
Prasadi Ram
Independent
2,927
0.3%
Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,864
0.3%
Monoranjan Polley
Independent
2,445
0.3%
Bimal Mondal
Independent
2,313
0.3%
Aloke Ghosh
Independent
2,013
0.2%
Panchu Gopal Bagani
Independent
1,771
0.2%
Goutam Mondal
Independent
1,521
0.2%
Gautam Saha
Independent
1,263
0.1%
Gopal Chandra Modi
Independent
663
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ambica Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
477,449
48.0%
Swadesh Chakrabortty
CPI (Marxist)
440,057
44.3%
Polly Mukherjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
37,723
3.8%
Bijoy Uppadhya
Samajwadi Party
8,615
0.9%
Subarna Chakraborty
Independent
8,180
0.8%
Ramavtar Gupta
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,682
0.6%
Manoj Kumar Paswan
Independent
3,710
0.4%
Sanjay Makal
Independent
2,603
0.3%
Sanatan Bag
Independent
2,318
0.2%
Narad Pandit
Independent
1,459
0.1%
Goutam Gayen
Independent
1,423
0.1%
Sudarshan Manna
STPI
1,357
0.1%
Gaurab Saha
Independent
1,206
0.1%
Abdul Momin Sekh
Independent
1,176
0.1%
Gora Chand Koley
Independent
1,000
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prasun Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
488,461
43.4%
Sridip Bhattacharya
CPI (Marxist)
291,505
25.9%
George Baker
Bharatiya Janata Party
248,120
22.0%
Manoj Kumar Pandey
Indian National Congress
63,254
5.6%
None Of The Above
Independent
9,929
0.9%
Sonia Das
Independent
4,441
0.4%
Shib Chandra Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,241
0.3%
Gobarddhan Manna
IUC
2,680
0.2%
Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Independent
2,343
0.2%
Suraj Narayan Singh
Aam Aadmi Party
2,186
0.2%
Sanjib Sarkar
Independent
2,105
0.2%
Mrityunjay Sarkar
Independent
2,034
0.2%
Soumitra Sengupta
SUCI(C)
1,814
0.2%
Sajal Kumar Das
Independent
1,572
0.1%
Mohammad Sirajuddin Sekh
GAP
1,079
0.1%
Sukumar Baral
BMP
635
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prasun Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
576,711
47.4%
Rantidev Sengupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
473,016
38.9%
Sumitro Adhikary
CPI (Marxist)
105,547
8.7%
Suvra Ghosh
Indian National Congress
32,107
2.6%
Sekhar Mondal
Independent
6,447
0.5%
Shailendra Kumar Jaiswal
Independent
3,949
0.3%
Sisir Samanta
Independent
3,555
0.3%
Shyam Prasad Ram
Independent
2,028
0.2%
Chandra Sekhar Jha
Shiv Sena
1,840
0.2%
Gautam Kumar Shaw
PJP(S)
1,379
0.1%
Debasish Mandal
Independent
1,347
0.1%
Imtiaz Ahmed Mollah
Independent
1,323
0.1%
Pankaj Gar
Independent
1,179
0.1%
Md. Shanawaz
SUCI(C)
1,120
0.1%
Kashi Nath Malick
Independent
1,014
0.1%
Kanai Sit
Independent
1,003
0.1%
Ashraf Ali
Independent
975
0.1%
Sudarsan Manna
SPI
730
0.1%
Samir Mondal
Independent
686
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Howrah has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, CPI (Marxist), West Bengal Trinamool Congress, All India Trinamool Congress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Howrah in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Prasun Banerjee (All India Trinamool Congress) won Howrah, West Bengal, in 2019 with 576,711 votes (47.4%), a margin of 103,695 votes over Rantidev Sengupta.
Which parties have won Howrah since 1951?
Since 1951, Howrah has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, CPI (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, West Bengal Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Howrah?
The closest result on record for Howrah was 1989, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 1,432 votes (0.2 percentage points).