Champdani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

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in the

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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

Serampore Municipality Serampore Municipality is the civic body that governs Serampore and its surrounding areas ( Mahesh, Tin Bazar, Battala and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Serampore is the first town ...

and Payarapur gram panchayat of Sreerampur-Uttarpara

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

. Champdani Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

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by 30,078 votes.

2016

In the 2016 election, Abdul Mannan of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(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.

2011

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Jibesh Chakraborty of

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won the Champdani assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Mannan of

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. 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, and Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. Sunil Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Swaraj Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1982 and Bibhas Chandra Ghosh of

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in 1977.

1967-1972

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

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district Constituencies established in 1967 1967 establishments in West Bengal