.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Ramapada Samanta of DSP(PC)

Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)

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 won the Pingla assembly seat defeating Hrishikesh Dinda 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. Rampada Samanta, Independent, defeated Raj Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ramapada Samanta contesting on the CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 symbol defeated Swapan Dome of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996. Haripada Jana representing DSP(PC) defeated Saktipada Mahapatra of Congress in 1991, contesting as an independent defeated Sukumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and representing Janata Party

Janata Party

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 defeated Bijoy Das of Congress in 1977.

1967-1972

Bijoy Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gouranga Samanta of CPI

Communist Party of India

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won in 1969 and 1967.