1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

 Dr. Tapati Saha of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Mandirbazar (SC) assembly seat defeating Choudhury Mohan Jatua

Choudhury Mohan Jatua

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 of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Choudhury Mohan Jatua of Trinamool Congress won the seat in 2001 defeating Nikunja Paik of CPI(M). In 1996 Nikunja Paik of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Sardar of Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

. Subhas Roy of CPI(M) won the seat in 1991,1987 and 1982 defeating Sanat Palk of Congress in 1991, Durga Charan Mondal of Congress in 1987 and Birendranath Halder of Congress in 1982. Renupada Halder of SUC defeated Subhas Roy of CPI(M) in 1977.The seat did not exist prior to that.