49 Manikchak Assembly constituency covers Manikchak community development block, and Milki, Fulbaria and Sovanagar gram panchayats of English Bazar community development block.

In the 2011 elections, Sabitri Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Ratna Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Ram Probesh Mondal of Congress defeated Subodh Choudhary of CPI(M) in 1996.

[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Pashupati Jha of Congress won from the Manikchak seat.