Howrah Uttar
Assembly constituency 170 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#170 · GENAll candidates 13
- 01 Umesh RaiBJP67,539 50.8%
- 02 Gautam ChowdhuryAITC56,289 42.3%
- 03 Gautam RayCPI(M)5,997 4.5%
- 04 Om Prakash JaiswalINC920 0.7%
- 05 Soumen MannaIND503 0.4%
- 06 Harinaarayan ChowdharyIND250 0.2%
- 07 Sisir SamantaIND168 0.1%
- 08 Priti DeviBSP150 0.1%
- 09 Shankar KhaIND144 0.1%
- 10 Ganeshlal GuptaNRPI93 0.1%
- 11 Chandra Kanta JaiswalIND56 0.0%
- 12 Monoranjan PolleyIND56 0.0%
- 13 Gautam VermaIND50 0.0%
Turnout 88.2%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total848
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 1,32,215Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
8.5 ppUmesh RaiBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
3.7 ppGautam ChowdhuriAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
20.2 ppLaxmi Ratan ShuklaAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
15.7 ppAsok GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
13.7 ppMohan MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
6.1 ppMohon MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996
5.9 ppRamjanam MajhiIndian National Congress
- 1991
17.9 ppRaj Kumar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
2.3 ppRaj Kumar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1982
12.3 ppRaj Kumar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1977
46.9 ppRaj Kumar MndalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
23.1 ppGopal Das NagIndian National Congress
- 1971
8.4 ppGopal Das NagIndian National Congress
- 1969
10.5 ppPanchugopal BhaduriCommunist Party of India
- 1967
13.4 ppG . D . NagIndian National Congress
- 1962
5.6 ppRajani Kanta PramanikIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.9 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 93.1% of votes; the other 11 candidates 6.3% between them.
(67,539 + 56,289) ÷ 1,33,063 = 93.1% · 8,387 ÷ 1,33,063 = 6.3% -
Turnout of 88.2% was 5.2 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
88.2 − 93.4 = −5.2 -
The margin widened from 3.7 pp in 2021 to 8.5 pp.
8.5 − 3.7 = +4.8 pp -
The seat changed hands: AITC in 2021, BJP in 2026.
2021 AITC · 2026 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines1,32,215
- NOTAcounted within the total848
- Published totalVotes polled1,33,063
- Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds
Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified
State median turnoutComputed from 292 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database