In the 2011 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarit Brahmachari of RSP.
In the 2006 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress MP of Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP.
Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.
[13] Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.
[4] Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.