in 2006, 2001 and 1996, ashok kumar deb of aitc won the budge budge (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals ratan bagchi of cpi(m) in 2006, kali bhandari of cpi(m) in 2001 and dipak mukherjee of cpi(m) in 1996. dipak mukherjee of cpi(m) defeated ashok kumar deb of inc in 1991. kshitibhusan roy barman of cpi(m) defeated lal bahadur singh of inc in 1987, nimai chand kanra of inc in 1982 and bipulananda of inc in 1977.