Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Mala Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Belgachia West assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Rajdeo Goala of CPI(M). In 2001,[15] 1996[14] and 1991,[13] Rajdeo Goala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Sudipta Roy of Trinamool Congress, Sadhan Das of Congress and Sudipto Roy of Congress respectively. Sudipto Roy of Congress won the seat in 1987[12] defeating Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M). In 1982,[11] Rathindra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Amarendra Nath Bhattacharya of Congress. In 1977, Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendra Nath Sengupta of Congress.[10][17]

During the period there was only one seat for Belgachia. Ganapati Sur of Congress defeated Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) in 1972.[9] Lakshmi Charan Sen of CPI(M) defeated Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1971,[8] Suchit Kumar Sur of Congress in 1969[7] and Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1967.[6]Ganesh Ghosh of CPI won the seat defeating Ganapati Sur of Congress in 1962,[5] Nandalal Banerjee of Congress in 1957[4] and in independent India's first election in 1951[3] defeating Sudhir Kumar De of Congress.