in 2006 and 2001, rishi halder of cpi(m) won the diamond harbour (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rivals subhashis chakraborty of aitc and amjad ali sardar of aitc respectively. sheikh daulat ali of inc defeated abdul quiyom molla of cpi(m) in 1996. abdul quiyom molla of cpi(m) defeated nazrul islam molla of inc in 1991, monoranjan kayal of inc in 1987, dibakar ghosh of inc in 1982 and sankari prasad mondal of janata party in 1977.