in 2006, rahul ghosh of cpi(m) won the baruipur (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival arup bhadra of aitc. arup bhadra of aitc defeated sujan chakraborty of cpi(m) in 2001. sovandeb chattopadhyay of inc defeated sujan chakraborty of cpi(m) in 1996 and hemen majumdar of cpi(m) in 1991. hemen majumdar of cpi(m) defeated arup bhadra of inc in 1987, jalil gazi of inc in 1982 and ram kanta mondal of inc in 1977.