Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Champdani
including Bhadreswar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Champdani including Bhadreswar is located in West Bengal
Champdani including Bhadreswar
Champdani
including Bhadreswar
Location in West Bengal
Champdani including Bhadreswar is located in India
Champdani including Bhadreswar
Champdani
including Bhadreswar
Champdani
including Bhadreswar (India)
Coordinates: 22°48′32″N 88°20′20″E / 22.80889°N 88.33889°E / 22.80889; 88.33889Coordinates: 22°48′32″N 88°20′20″E / 22.80889°N 88.33889°E / 22.80889; 88.33889
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.187
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)208,046 (2011)
Government
 • MLAArindam Guin(Bubai)
 • PartyAll 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Champdani. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "181 - Champdani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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