in the 2006 state assembly elections, aroop biswas of trinamool congress won the tollygunge seat defeating his nearest rival dr. partha pratim biswas of cpi(m). contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. pankaj banerjee of trinamool congress defeated goutam banerjee of cpi(m) in 2001, and ashis roy of cpi(m) in 1996 representing congress.prasanta sur of cpi(m) defeated pankaj banerjee of congress in 1991 and 1987, asim dutta of congress in 1982, and pankaj banerjee of congress in 1977.