Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Champdani
including Bhadreswar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Champdani
including Bhadreswar

Location in West Bengal

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
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 187
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year) 208,046

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

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 187 Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Champdani municipality, Baidyabati municipality, Ward Nos. 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

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BhadreswarByomkesh MajumdarIndian National Congress[2]
1957Byomkesh MajumdarIndian National Congress[3]
1962Girija Bhusan MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[4]
1967ChampadaniByomkesh MajumdarIndian National Congress[5]
1969Haripada MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Haripada MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Girija Bhusan MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India[8]
1977Sailendra Nath ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Sailendra Nath ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Sunil SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Abdul MannanIndian National Congress[12]
1996Abdul MannanIndian National Congress[13]
2001Abdul MannanIndian National Congress[14]
2006Jibesh ChakrabartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Muzaffar KhanAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Champdani constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Muzzafar Khan 92,476 57.16 -1.43#
CPI(M) Jibesh Chakraborty 56,163 34.72 -4.19
BJP Durga Verma 8,258
Independent Gour Chandra Dey 2,361
JD(U) Taharon Begum 1,668
Independent Goutam Pyne 851
Turnout 161,777 77.76
AITMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 2.76#

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Hooghly district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 Increase14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 Decrease12
Forward bloc 1 Decrease2
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2

1977-2006

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. 1 2 "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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