 In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections, he defeated his nearest rival, Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal, Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha representing Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal state.Chakraborty was the editor of "Chhatra Sangram" (Students' Struggle), the Bengali organ of the state unit of the Students Federation of India from 1986-88.