<page_title> Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Members of Legislative Assembly </section_title> <table> <cell> 1967 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jyoti Basu <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India (Marxist) <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1969 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jyoti Basu <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India (Marxist) <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1971 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jyoti Basu <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India (Marxist) <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1972 <col_header> Election Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee <col_header> Name of M.L.A. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India <col_header> Party Affiliation </col_header> </cell> </table>
Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee of CPI defeated Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) in 1972 and Jyoti Basu, representing CPI(M) from 1967 onwards.