in the 2006 and 2001 partha chatterjee of trinamool congress won the behala west assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals niranjan mukherjee of cpi(m) in 2006 and nirmal mukherjee of cpi(m) in 2001. contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. nirmal mukherjee of cpi(m) defeated kumud bhattacharya of congress in 1996, and lakshmi kanta basu of congress in 1991. rabin mukherjee of cpi(m) defeated lakshmi kanta basu of congress in 1987, aruna ghosh dastidar of congress in 1982 and subodh chandra das of congress in 1977.