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16.07 2021 2016 2011 In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M), .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006 In the
2006 state assembly elections, Kumkum Chakraborti of
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival
Sovan Chatterjee of
Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001. Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) defeated Sonali Guha of
Congress in 1996, and Sailen Dasgupta of Congress in 1991. Niranjan Mukherjeee of CPI(M) defeated Debashis Bhattacharya of Congress in 1987, Balaram Goswami of Congress in 1982, and Indrajit Mazumdar of Congress in 1977.
1952–1972 Indrajit Majumdar of Congress won the Behala East seat in 1972. Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of
CPI won the Behala seat in
1962 and
1957. In
independent India's first election in 1952, Biren Roy of
Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat. ==References==