in 2006 and 2001, bansari mohan kanji of cpi(m) won the magrahat purba (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival namita saha of aitc. nirmal sinha of cpi(m) defeated namita saha of inc in 1996 and 1991. radhika ranjan pramanik of cpi(m) defeated manoranjan halder of inc in 1987, nirmal kanti mondal of inc in 1982 and manoranjan halder of inc in 1977.