2026 2021 In the 2021 election, Samar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Abhishek Singhania of BJP.
2016 In the 2016 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shehnaz Quadery of Trinamool Congress.
2011 In the 2011 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M). .# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentage in 2011.
1977–2006 In the
2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Sailen Sarkar of
CPI(M) won the Ratua assembly seat defeating Asit Bose and Samar Mukherjee, both of
Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1996. Mumtaz Begum of CPI(M) defeated Biswanath Guha and Niren Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, in 1991 and 1987 respectively. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) in 1982. Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) defeated Niren Chandra Sinha of Congress in 1977.
1951–1972 Nirendra Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mohammad Ali, Independent, won in 1969. Sourindra Mohan Mishra of Congress won in 1967. Dhanswar Saha of Congress won the Ratua seat in
1962. Ratua was a joint seat in
1957. Sourindra Mohan Mishra and Dhaneswar Saha, both of Congress, won in 1957. In
independent India's first election in 1951, Md. Sayeed Mia of Congress won the Ratua seat. ==References==