By-poll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress.

In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).

Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.

It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.

It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.