from 1977 to 2006, bishnupur (vidhan sabha constituency) had two seats. in 2006, ananda kumar biswas of cpi(m) won the bishnupur purba seat defeating his nearest rival dilip mondal of aitc and rathin sarkar of cpi(m) won the bishnupur paschim seat defeating his nearest rival madan mitra of aitc. dilip mondal of aitc won the bishnupur purba seat defeating ananda kumar biswas of cpi(m) and subrata bakshi of aitc won the bishnupur paschim seat defeating rathin sarkar of cpi(m) in 2001. ananda kumar biswas of cpi(m) won the bishnupur purba seat defeating mahadeb naskar of inc and sankar saran naskar of cpi(m) won the bishnupur paschim seat defeating aruna ghosh dastidar of inc in 1996. in 1991 and 1987, sundar naskar of cpi(m) won the bishnupur purba seat defeating ram krishna bar and ardhendu sekhar naskar, both of inc, respectively, and kashi nath adak of cpi(m) won the bishnupur paschim seat defeating aruna ghosh dastidar and shaik moquebul haque, both of inc, respectively. in 1982 and 1977, sundar naskar of cpi(m) won the bishnupur purba seat defeating mahadeb naskar and ram krishna bar, both of inc, respectively, and provash chandra roy of cpi(m) won the bishnupur paschim seat defeating niranjan ghosh and moaue haque shaik, both of inc, respectively.