biswanath chakraborty of cpi won in 1972. rabin mukherjee of cpi(m) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. prior to that behala was a single seat. rabindra nath mukhopadhyay of cpi won the behala seat in 1962 and 1957. in independent india’s first election in 1951, biren roy of forward bloc (rg) won the behala seat.