[1] In the 2011 elections, Chandranath Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated Tapan Hore of RSP.

Tarapada Ghosh of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1987.

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

In a by-election necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Jyotsna Kumar Gupta, Dr. Sushovan Banerjee of Congress won the seat in 1984.

Hanseswar Roy and Bhusan Hansdah, both of Congress, jointly won the Bolpur seat in 1951.