Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Champdani is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This page also contains information about the defunct Bhadreswar,

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 187 Champdani 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.
Champdani is part of No. 27 Sreerampur.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Result

2016

In the 2016 election, Abdul Mannan of Indian National Congress 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 CPI 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 in 2001, and Sunil Sarkar of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Sunil Sarkar of CPI defeated Gouri Sankar Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay of CPI defeated Swaraj Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1982 and Bibhas Chandra Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977.

1967-1972

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

1951-1962 Bhadreswar

The Bhadreswar seat was there between 1951 and 1962. Girija Bhushan Mukhopadhyay of CPI won in 1962. Byomkesh Majumdar of Congress won in 1957 and in independent India’s first election in 1951.