 Subsequently, in the year 1968, Ashokenagar-Kalyangarh Municipality was created.The municipality was run by the Left Front till 2010.The first elected chairperson of AKM was Shri Bikash Raychawdhury for the period 1981 to 1994, then Smt.Sarmistha Dutta was for the period 1994 to 2010,both were from C.P.I (M) and Sri Chittaranjan Basu (CPI) was the Vice-Chairman.