In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bula Choudhury of CPI(M) won the 199 Nandanpur assembly seat, defeating her nearest rival Nanda Kumar Mishra of Trinamool Congress. Saumen Mahapatra of Trinamool Congress defeated Sk. Omar Ali of CPI(M) in 2001. In Bye Election 1998, Sk. Omar Ali of CPI(M) defeated Saumen Mahapatra of Trinamool Congress. The bye election occurred due to the resignation of CPI(M) MLA Chhaya Bera.Chhaya Bera of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Maity of Congress in 1996, Rabindra Nath Bag of Congress in 1991, Nirmal Maity of Congress in 1987, and Asutosh Chakraborty of Congress in 1982. Manoranjan Roy of CPI(M) defeated Jagadish Chandra Majhi of Janata Party in 1977.[2]