2024
Rank 1 (archive winner): PRASUN BANERJEE — 626,493 votes
Rank 2: DR RATHIN CHAKRAVARTY — 457,051 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 169,442
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
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Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
HOWRAH — year-by-year comparison
WEST BENGAL · Lok Sabha · 9 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2019
Rank 1 (archive winner): Prasun Banerjee — 576,711 votes
Rank 2: Rantidev Sengupta — 473,016 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 103,695
2014
Rank 1 (archive winner): PRASUN BANERJEE — 488,461 votes
Rank 2: SRIDIP BHATTACHARYA — 291,505 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 196,956
2009
Rank 1 (archive winner): AMBICA BANERJEE — 477,449 votes
Rank 2: SWADESH CHAKRABORTTY — 440,057 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 37,392
2004
Rank 1 (archive winner): SWADESH CHAKRABORTTY — 489,444 votes
Rank 2: DR. BIKRAM SARKAR — 242,507 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 246,937
1999
Rank 1 (archive winner): SWADESH CHAKRABORTY — 490,537 votes
Rank 2: DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR — 387,088 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 103,449
1998
Rank 1 (archive winner): DR BIKRAM SARKAR — 437,224 votes
Rank 2: SWADESH CHAKRABORTY — 430,689 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 6,535
1996
Rank 1 (archive winner): PRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSI — 459,059 votes
Rank 2: SUSANTA CHAKRABORTY — 425,128 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 33,931
1991
Rank 1 (archive winner): SUSANTA CHAKRABORTY S/O SUDHIR — 351,744 votes
Rank 2: PRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHI — 344,364 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 7,380
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