Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Champdani including Bhadreswar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 22°48′32″N88°20′20″E / 22.80889°N 88.33889°E / 22.80889; 88.33889 Coordinates: 22°48′32″N88°20′20″E / 22.80889°N 88.33889°E / 22.80889; 88.33889
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Constituency No.	187
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)	208,046 (2011)
Government
•  MLA	Arindam Guin(Bubai)
• Party	All India Trinamool Congress

Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This page also contains information about the defunct Bhadreswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency),

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 187 Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Champdany Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Ward Nos. 1 & 2 and 20 to 24 of Serampore Municipality and Payarapur gram panchayat of Sreerampur-Uttarpara community development block. ^[1]

Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Bhadreswar	Byomkesh Majumdar	Indian National Congress [2]
1957		Byomkesh Majumdar	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Girija Bhusan Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India [4]
1967	Champadani	Byomkesh Majumdar	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		Haripada Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971		Haripada Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Girija Bhusan Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India [8]
1977		Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Sunil Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [12]
1996		Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [13]
2001		Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [14]
2006		Jibesh Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Muzaffar Khan	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress
2021		Arindam Guin (Bubai)	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Result

2021

In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election All Indian Trinamool Congress candidate and Ex Chairman of Baidyabati Municipality Arindam Guin (Bubai) defeated his nearest rival Dilip Singh of Bharatiya Janta Party by 30,078 votes.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Champdani constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arindam Guin (Bubai)	1,00,972	50.2
	BJP	Dilip Singh	70,894	35.25
	INC	Abdul Mannan	23,272	11.57
	NOTA	None of the above	3,347	1.66
Turnout			2,01,131
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Abdul Mannan of Indian National Congress (supported by Left Front) defeated his nearest rival Muzaffar Khan Trinamool Congress. He later on became the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Champdani constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Mannan	81,330	44.14
	AITC	Muzaffar Khan	74,048	40.19	-16.97
	BJP	Raj Kumari Shaw	23,383	12.69	+7.59
	NOTA	None of the above	3,602	1.95	+1.95
	SUCI	Sima Chowdhuri	1,899	1.03
Turnout			184,262	76.84	-0.92
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Champdani constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Muzzafar Khan	92,476	57.16	-1.43#
	CPI (M)	Jibesh Chakraborty	56,163	34.72	-4.19
	BJP	Durga Verma	8,258	5.10
	Independent	Gour Chandra Dey	2,361
	JD(U)	Taharon Begum	1,668
	Independent	Goutam Pyne	851
Turnout			161,777	77.76
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	2.76#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[15] Jibesh Chakraborty of CPI(M) won the Champdani assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Mannan of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Mannan of Congress defeated Kaji Abdul Hai of CPI(M) in 2001, ^[14] and Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) in 1996 ^[13] and 1991. ^[12] Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Banerjee of Congress in 1987. ^[11] Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Swaraj Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1982 ^[10] and Bibhas Chandra Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1967-1972

Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1972. ^[8] Haripada Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Prior to that the Champdani seat did not exist.

1951-1962 Bhadreswar

The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 ^[2] and 1962. ^[4] Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962. Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957 ^[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[2]

References

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