in 2006, dwijapada mondal of cpi(m) won the canning paschim (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival, gobinda chandra naskar of aitc. in 2001, gobinda chandra naskar of aitc defeated bimal mistry of cpi(m). bimal mistry of cpi(m) defeated bhaskar sinha of inc in 1996 and 1991. gobinda chandra naskar of inc defeated chittaranjan mirdha of cpi(m) in 1987. chittaranjan mirdha of cpi(m) defeated gobinda chandra naskar of inc in 1982 and 1977.