in the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections buddhadeb bhattacharjee of cpi(m) won the jadavpur assembly seat, defeating dipak kumar ghosh of trinamool congress in 2006,madhabi mukherjee of trinamool congress in 2001, kakoli ghosh dastidar of congress in 1996, jyoti prasanna das thakur of congress in 1991, and probhat chatterjee of congress in 1987.sankar gupta of cpi(m) defeated sachin mukherjee of congress in 1982. dinesh majumdar of cpi(m) defeated santimoy chatterjee of janata party in 1977.