the ex-chief minister, buddhadeb bhattacharjee of the cpi(m) won from this seat 5 times in 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. in the 2011 assembly elections, he contested again from this seat while being the chief minister of the state, but lost to manish gupta of the tmc, by a margin of more than sixteen thousand votes. manish gupta served as the minister for development and planning, and later, as the minister for power in the newly formed tmc government. however, in 2016, manish gupta lost the elections despite his popular image, to dr. sujan chakraborty of the cpi(m) by a margin of more than fourteen thousand votes. dr. sujan chakraborty is the incumbent mla.