in 2006 and 2001, sonali guha of aitc won the satgachhia (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating her nearest rivals kabita kayal and gokul bairagi, both of cpi(m), respectively. jyoti basu of cpi(m) defeated chittaranjan bag of inc in 1996, amar bhattacharya of inc in 1991, sardar amjad ali of inc in 1987, dinabandhu bairagi of inc in 1982 and jumman ali molla of inc in 1977. the seat did not exist prior to that.