Egra in Purba Medinipur district is currently represented by Tarun Kumar Maity of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He won the 2021 election with 125,763 votes (52per cent vote share), defeating BJP’s Arup Das’s 107,272 votes (45per cent), by a margin of 18,491 votes. Key issues include irrigation and flood control for paddy and vegetable farming, road connectivity linking Egra CDB villages to Contai markets, and drinking water security. Demand for government health centres, schools and local employment in this rural belt is prominent. Tarun Maity succeeded Samares Das (AITC 2011, 2016), maintaining TMC’s hold since 2006 after Prabodh Chandra Sinha’s independent wins (1977–2001). Egra falls under the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency, won by TMC’s June Malia in 2024 by 27,191 votes. The constituency’s long TMC dominance reflects stable rural support in southern Medinipur.