Howrah Uttar is assembly constituency number 170 in West Bengal, in Haora district, and one of the segments of the Howrah Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Umesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.8% of the vote, 11,250 votes ahead of Gautam Chowdhury (AITC).
- 01Umesh RaiBJP67,53950.76%
- 02Gautam ChowdhuryTMC56,28942.30%
- 03Gautam RayCPI(M)5,9974.51%
- 04Om Prakash JaiswalINC9200.69%
- 05Soumen MannaIndependent5030.38%
- 8 other candidates · 967 votesNOTA · 848 (0.64%)
Margin 11,250 votes · 8.45% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,33,063 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umesh RaiMale · 48 yrs | BJP | 67,539 | 50.76% |
| 2 | Gautam ChowdhuryMale · 53 yrs | TMC | 56,289 | 42.30% |
| 3 | Gautam RayMale · 68 yrs | CPI(M) | 5,997 | 4.51% |
| 4 | Om Prakash JaiswalMale · 66 yrs | INC | 920 | 0.69% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 848 | 0.64% |
| 5 | Soumen MannaMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 503 | 0.38% |
| 6 | Harinaarayan ChowdharyMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 250 | 0.19% |
| 7 | Sisir SamantaMale · 66 yrs | Independent | 168 | 0.13% |
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| 8 | Priti DeviFemale · 46 yrs | BSP | 150 | 0.11% |
| 9 | Shankar KhaMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 144 | 0.11% |
| 10 | Ganeshlal GuptaMale · 52 yrs | NRPI | 93 | 0.07% |
| 11 | Monoranjan PolleyMale · 64 yrs · SC | Independent | 56 | 0.04% |
| 12 | Chandra Kanta JaiswalMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 56 | 0.04% |
| 13 | Gautam VermaMale · 34 yrs | Independent | 50 | 0.04% |
The seat changed hands: AITC won in 2021, BJP in 2026.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Howrah Uttar result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gautam Chowdhuri | TMC | 71,575 | 47.81% |
| 2 | Umesh Rai | BJP | 66,053 | 44.12% |
| 3 | Pawan Kumar Singh | CPI(M) | 8,133 | 5.43% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,670 | 1.12% |
| 4 | Subhash Kumar Singhi | Independent | 911 | 0.61% |
| 5 | Sunil Sau | Independent | 302 | 0.20% |
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| 6 | Ashok Kumar Sharma | HAMS | 251 | 0.17% |
| 7 | Shyam Prasad Ram | Independent | 167 | 0.11% |
| 8 | Vijay Shah | Independent | 162 | 0.11% |
| 9 | Sisir Samanta | Independent | 106 | 0.07% |
| 10 | Dharmendra Rai | Independent | 104 | 0.07% |
| 11 | Ganeshlal Gupta | NRPI | 98 | 0.07% |
| 12 | Vinit Kumar Rai | Independent | 97 | 0.06% |
| 13 | Raj Kumar Paswan | BMF | 91 | 0.06% |
Howrah Uttar result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | TMC | 61,917 | 45.99% |
| 2 | Santosh Kumar Pathak | INC | 34,958 | 25.96% |
| 3 | Roopa Ganguly | BJP | 31,416 | 23.33% |
| 4 | Subodh Pathak | Independent | 1,146 | 0.85% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,070 | 0.79% |
| 5 | Shewnarayan Chandel | BSP | 988 | 0.73% |
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| 6 | Bina Ganguli Mukherjee | Independent | 716 | 0.53% |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar Saraf | MHB | 473 | 0.35% |
| 8 | Ravi Shankar Yadav | Independent | 447 | 0.33% |
| 9 | Dadan Singh | Independent | 333 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Sudarshan Manna | STPI | 245 | 0.18% |
| 11 | Arvind Kumar Dubey | Independent | 229 | 0.17% |
| 12 | Tapan Bose | Independent | 183 | 0.14% |
| 13 | Anu Das | Independent | 182 | 0.14% |
| 14 | Jayant Gupta | Independent | 182 | 0.14% |
| 15 | Ashish Agarwal | Independent | 161 | 0.12% |
Howrah Uttar result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asok Ghosh | TMC | 61,466 | 49.25% |
| 2 | Nimai Samanta | CPI(M) | 41,858 | 33.54% |
| 3 | Umesh Rai | BJP | 16,494 | 13.22% |
| 4 | Hitendra Nath Mondal | Independent | 1,514 | 1.21% |
| 5 | Siddhartha Sarkar | BSP | 761 | 0.61% |
| 6 | Murli Dhar Roy | Independent | 704 | 0.56% |
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| 7 | Arvind Kumar Dubey | Independent | 490 | 0.39% |
| 8 | Raktendu Naskar | Independent | 417 | 0.33% |
| 9 | Sudarshan Manna | STPI | 404 | 0.32% |
| 10 | Binod Kumar Singh | JD(U) | 360 | 0.29% |
| 11 | Shyam Bihari Singh | JD(S) | 326 | 0.26% |
Howrah Uttar outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Haora district
- Bally
- Howrah Madhya
- Shibpur
- Howrah Dakshin
- Sankrail
- Panchla
- Uluberia Purba
- Uluberia Uttar
- Uluberia Dakshin
- Shyampur
- Bagnan
- Amta
- Udaynarayanpur
- Jagatballavpur
- Domjur
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Howrah Uttar is one of the assembly segments of Howrah. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Howrah candidates.
- Prasun BanerjeeTMC69,826 49.4%
- Dr Rathin ChakravartyBJP59,795 42.3%
- Sabyasachi ChatterjeeCPI(M)8,936 6.3%
- Palash BacharBSP825 0.6%
- Seikh Sakirul IslamIndependent671 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AITC led here by 10,031 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Howrah Uttar.
Who won the Howrah Uttar assembly seat in 2026?
Umesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Howrah Uttar in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 67,539 votes, which was 50.76% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Howrah Uttar?
The margin was 11,250 votes (8.45% of valid votes). The runner-up was Gautam Chowdhury of the All India Trinamool Congress with 56,289 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Howrah Uttar in 2026?
Turnout was 88.66%: 1,33,082 of 1,50,110 registered electors voted, across 234 polling stations. That is 20.1 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Howrah Uttar part of?
Howrah Uttar is an assembly segment of the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Prasun Banerjee got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Howrah Uttar a reserved constituency?
No. Howrah Uttar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Howrah Uttar?
The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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