[1] In the 2011 election, Rachpal Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pratim Chatterjee of MFB.

In the 2006 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

In the 2001 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

Tarakeswar has been a base of Marxist Forward Bloc but officially their candidates are often shown as Independent.

[5] Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in 1962,[4] 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.