In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] 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.

Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962[5] and 1957.

[4] In independent India's first election in 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.