in 2006, chittaranjan mondal of rsp won the gosaba (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival jayanta naskar of aitc. ganesh chandra mondal of rsp won from 1977 to 2001, defeating sujit pramanick of aitc in 2001 and 1996, jitendranath gayen of inc in 1991, pramila biswas of inc in 1987, sandhyakar mondal of inc in 1982 and paresh chandra baidya of inc in 1977.