Champdani Assembly constituency is an
assembly
Assembly may refer to:
Organisations and meetings
* Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions
* General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...
constituency in
Hooghly district in the
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
n
state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* '' Our ...
of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...
.
When the constitution map was drawn up in the independent India, the area was under the now defunct Bhadreswar Assembly constituency.
Overview
This area was under ''Bhadreswar Assembly constituency,'' when the first constituency map of independent India was drawn.
In 1967, the Champdani Assembly constituency was created as per orders of the Delimitation Commission,
In 2006, No. 187 Champdani Assembly constituency was further changed and is composed of the following:
Champdany Municipality,
Baidyabati Municipality, Ward Nos. 1 & 2 and 20 to 24 of
Serampore Municipality and Payarapur
gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...
of Sreerampur-Uttarpara
community development block.
Champdani Assembly constituency is part of No. 27
Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
[
]
Members of 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 Bharatiya Janta Party by 30,078 votes.
2016
In the 2016 election, Abdul Mannan ʻAbd al-Mannān (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد المنّان) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' meaning 'servant' and ''al-Mannān, "''Benefactor, the Giver of All Good/Ben ...
of Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
(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 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,][ 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 ]Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nat ...
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.
]
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
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
[ and in independent India's first election in 1951.][
]
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Hooghly district