GEN · West Bengal
Howrah
Samar Mukherjee (CPM) won by 25,042 votes (7.9%).
- Electors
- 5,99,034
- Votes polled
- 3,30,787
- Valid votes
- 3,16,410
- Turnout
- 55.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 7.9% (median 21.5%). Back to West Bengal · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 13.4%(+4.9%)
- Turnout
- 71.9%(+3.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 85.9%
Winning margin over time · Howrah
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samar MukherjeeWinner | CPM | 1,50,917 | 47.7% |
| 2 | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | INC | 1,25,875 | 39.8% |
| 3 | Shyam Sundar Gupta | FBL | 22,464 | 7.1% |
| 4 | Dev Sadhan Basu | NCO | 17,154 | 5.4% |
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