Champdani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

In the 2016 election, Abdul Mannan of Indian National Congress (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.

.# 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	14
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	12
Forward bloc	1	2
Marxist Forward Bloc	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2

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]

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.

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]