Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Kamarhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Table title:
Members of Legislative Assembly
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Election Year </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Constituency </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name of M.L.A. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Party Affiliation </th></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1967 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kamarhati </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Banerjee </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1969 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Banerjee </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1971 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Banerjee </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1972 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pradip Kumar Palit </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Indian National Congress </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1977 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1982 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1987 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1991 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Santi Ghatak </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1996 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Santi Ghatak </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2001 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Manas Mukherjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2006 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Manas Mukherjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2011 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Madan Mitra </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > All India Trinamool Congress </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2016 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Manas Mukherjee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist Party of India (Marxist) </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the history of the Kamarhati seat up to 1972?
Answer:
Pradip Kumar Palit of Congress won in 1972. Radhika Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and in 1967; Prior to that the Kamarhati seat did not exist.