 After the sudden death of Nirod Roy Choudhury, Badal Bhattacharjee of BJP defeated the CPIM candidate Rekha Goswami in 1998.In 2001, Sharmistha Dutta of CPI (M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutta of AITC.Satyasebi Kar of CPI (M) won the Ashoknagar assembly seat in 2006, defeating Dhiman Roy of AITC.