Howrah Lok Sabha constituency

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Howrah Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in West Bengal, India, centered on the industrial city of Howrah and its surrounding urban areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lok Sabha constituency
administrativeUnit Constituency of West Bengal
borderingCity Kolkata NERFINISHED
category Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal
centeredOn Howrah NERFINISHED
contains Howrah railway station area
port and dock areas of Howrah
country India
crossedBy Howrah Bridge connectivity to Kolkata
delimitationAuthority Delimitation Commission of India NERFINISHED
economicBase manufacturing
small and medium industries
transport and logistics
electoralRollType adult universal suffrage
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
elects Member of Parliament
governingLaw Representation of the People Act, 1951 NERFINISHED
governingLevel national parliamentary constituency
hasCharacteristic industrial
urban
hasIndustrialAreas Howrah industrial region
hasVoterType industrial labor population
urban working-class voters
isIn Indian federal electoral system
knownFor dense urban population
industrial belt
railway and transport hubs
languageMajority Bengali
languageWidelySpoken Hindi
legislativeBody Lok Sabha NERFINISHED
locatedIn Howrah city NERFINISHED
Howrah district NERFINISHED
West Bengal
locatedOn western bank of Hooghly River
majorCity Howrah NERFINISHED
mapsTo Howrah district administrative areas
parliamentName Parliament of India NERFINISHED
partOf Howrah district parliamentary representation
Howrah–Kolkata metropolitan area NERFINISHED
region eastern India
reservationCategory general
reservationStatus none
state West Bengal
surrounds Howrah urban agglomeration NERFINISHED
timeZone Indian Standard Time
urbanRuralComposition predominantly urban
utcOffset +05:30

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