Champdani
Constituency No. 187 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencySerampore
Established1967
Total electors208,046
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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 All India Trinamool Congress[13]
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.

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. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  15. ^ "181 - Champdani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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