Champdani Assembly constituency

Champdani
Constituency No. 187 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Champdani Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
LS constituency	Serampore
Established	1967
Total electors	208,046
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arindam Guin
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Champdani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 187 Champdani Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1967	Byomkesh Majumdar	Indian National Congress [2]
1969	Haripada Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
1971	Haripada Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1972	Girija Bhusan Mukhopadhyay	Communist Party of India [5]
1977	Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1982	Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1987	Sunil Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1991	Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [9]
1996	Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [10]
2001	Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [11]
2006	Jibesh Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2011	Muzaffar Khan	Trinamool Congress [13]
2016	Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress
2021	Arindam Guin (Bubai)	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.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Champdani

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 ^{[13] [14]}

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, ^[12] 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, ^[11] and Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) in 1996 ^[10] and 1991. ^[9] Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Banerjee of Congress in 1987. ^[8] Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Swaraj Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1982 ^[7] and Bibhas Chandra Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[6] [15]}

1967-1972

Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1972. ^[5] Haripada Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971 ^[4] and 1969. ^[3] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1967. ^[2] Prior to that the Champdani seat did not exist.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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11. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
14. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Champdani. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
15. "181 - Champdani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.