Elections 98

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Barrackpore
Total Votes Polled:	846583
Winner: CPM	Tarit Baran Topdar	383054
Runner Up: WBTC	Adhikary Tarun	355097
Margin: 27957 (7%)

Elections 96

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Barrackpore
Total Votes Polled:	825298
Winner: CPM	Tarit Baran Topdar	399466
Runner Up: INC	Ghosal Debi	348572
Margin: 50894 (6.31%)

From 1989 till 1996, the fight has been between Tarit Baran Topdar of the CPI-M and Debi Ghosal of the Congress, the result being in the former's favour. In 1996 Topdar defeated Ghosal by 51,000 votes.