in 2006 and 2001, kanti ganguly of cpi(m) won the mathurapur (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival satya ranjan bapuli of aitc. satya ranjan bapuli of inc won five times in a row defeating kanti ganguly of cpi(m) in 1996 and 1991, brindaban bhandari of cpi(m) in 1987 and 1982, and rabin mondal of suci(c) in 1977.