[2] In the 2006 state assembly elections,[17] the 142 Jorabagan seat was won by Parimal Biswas of CPI(M) defeating his nearest rival Sanjoy Bakshi of Trinamool Congress.
The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudhansu Seal to parliament from Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).
[14]Subrata Mukherjee of Congress defeated Shantilal Jain of BJP in 1991,[13] and Sarla Maheswari of CPI(M) in 1987[12] and 1982.
[6] Nepal Chandra Roy of Congress defeated Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc (Marxist) in 1962[5] and 1957.
[4] Ram Lagan Roy of Congress defeated Ardhansu Mitra of CPI in independent India’s first election in 1951.