Champdani Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India
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Champdani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| 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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sreerampur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 208,046 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 187 Champdani Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Champdani Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Ward Nos. 1 & 2 and 20 to 24 of Sreerampur Municipality and Payarapur gram panchayat of Sreerampur-Uttarpara community development block.[1]
The towns of Sheoraphuli and Baidyabati falls under this jurisdiction.
Champdani Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Byomkesh Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Haripada Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Girija Bhusan Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Sunil Sarkar | ||
| 1991 | Abdul Mannan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Jibesh Chakrabarty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Muzaffar Khan | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Abdul Mannan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | Arindam Guin | Trinamool Congress | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arindam Guin | 100,972 | 50.20 |  10.01 | |
| BJP | Dilip Singh | 70,894 | 35.25 | 22.56 | |
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 23,272 | 11.57 |  32.57 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,347 | 1.66 | 0.29 | |
| Independent | Arabind Kumar Rabidas | 808 | 0.40 |  | |
| BMP | Mangal Sarkar | 790 | 0.39 | | |
| Independent | Dilip Das | 632 | 0.31 | | |
| Independent | Ajay Yadav | 416 | 0.21 | | |
| Majority | 30,078 | 14.95 | 11.00 | ||
| Turnout | 2,01,131 | 76.37 | 0.47 | ||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
| 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 | | |
| SUCI(C) | Sima Chowdhuri | 1,899 | 1.03 | | |
| Majority | 7,282 | 3.95 | 18.49 | ||
| Turnout | 1,84,262 | 76.84 | 0.45 | ||
| INC gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Muzaffar Khan | 92,476 | 57.16 | ||
| CPI(M) | Jibesh Chakraborty | 56,163 | 34.72 | ||
| BJP | Durga Verma | 8,258 | 5.10 | ||
| Independent | Gour Chandra Dey | 2,361 | 1.46 | ||
| JD(U) | Taharon Begum | 1,668 | 1.03 | ||
| Independent | Goutam Pyne | 851 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 36,313 | 22.44 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,777 | 77.29 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[4] 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,[5] and Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) in 1996[6] and 1991.[7] 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[9] and Bibhas Chandra Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977.[10][11]
1967-1972
Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1972.[12] Haripada Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971[13] and 1969.[14] Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1967.[15] Prior to that the Champdani seat did not exist.