 Nani Kar of CPI (M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattacharjee of INC/Ind in 1991, 1987, 1982, 1977 and 1971.Keshab Chandra Bhattacharya of Independent defeated Nani Kar of CPI (M) in 1972.In 1996, Nirod Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated Dhiman Roy of AITC.