Chisanga contested the 2006 general elections as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate in Mkushi South.
[3] However, he was removed from his post by President Levy Mwanawasa in October 2007.
[5] However, losing candidate Davies Chisopa contested the results at the Supreme Court, claiming there had been electoral malpractice.
The Supreme Court annulled the results and a by-election was held on 11 September 2014, in which Chisopa was elected to the National Assembly after defeating Chisanga by 810 votes.
[6] Chisanga contested Mkushi South again in the 2016 general elections as the United Party for National Development candidate, losing to Chisopa by just 97 votes.