Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district is currently represented by Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly. He won the iconic 2021 election with 110,764 votes (48per cent vote share), defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (AITC, 108,808 votes) by a razor-thin margin of 1,956 votes after recounts. Key issues include land acquisition disputes, irrigation and flood control along Haldi River for paddy and betel farming, road connectivity between 40 GPs in Nandigram-I/II, and drinking water. Demand for health centres, schools and local jobs post-2007 agitation legacy persist, with SC voters (approx 15per cent) key in reserved dynamics nearby. Voter turnout hit 88.55per cent with 2.43 lakh electors. Adhikari flipped the seat from his own AITC wins (2016 margin 81,230; 2011), ending Left's earlier hold (Abdul Kabir Sekh CPI 2006). Symbol of 2007 anti-land protests that toppled Left Front, Nandigram remains Bengal's political flashpoint. Falls under Tamluk Lok Sabha, BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay won 2024 by 77,733 votes. High stakes rematch looms in 2026.