In the recent elections held in Baharampur, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faced a significant defeat against Subrata Maitra of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Chowdhury lost by a margin of 17,548 votes, with Maitra securing 91,088 votes compared to Chowdhury's 73,540 votes. This election marks a notable improvement in the Congress party's performance in the region, as Chowdhury's vote count surpassed that of the party's previous candidate, who received only 40,167 votes in the last election. However, this defeat is particularly significant as it is Chowdhury's second consecutive loss in his home constituency, following a previous setback in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Yusuf Pathan, a cricketer-turned-politician from the Trinamool Congress (TMC).