Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Howrah

Ambica Banerjee (AITC) won by 37,392 votes (3.8%).

Electors
13,44,746
Votes polled
9,94,315
Valid votes
9,93,713
Turnout
73.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 3.8% (median 7.0%). Back to West Bengal · 2009 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

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Candidates

Candidates · Howrah 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ambica BanerjeeWinnerAITC4,77,44948.0%
2Swadesh ChakraborttyCPM4,40,05744.3%
3Polly MukherjeeBJP37,7233.8%
4Bijoy UppadhyaSP8,6150.9%
5Subarna ChakrabortyIND8,1800.8%
6Ramavtar GuptaBSP5,6820.6%
7Manoj Kumar PaswanIND3,7100.4%
8Sanjay MakalIND2,6030.3%
9Sanatan BagIND2,3180.2%
10Narad PanditIND1,4590.1%
11Goutam GayenIND1,4230.1%
12Sudarshan MannaSTPI1,3570.1%
13Gaurab SahaIND1,2060.1%
14Abdul Momin SekhIND1,1760.1%
15Gora Chand KoleyIND1,0000.1%

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