In the 2008 assembly elections, the Congress and the BJP tally in the division was 10 assembly seats each.
The CPI(M) won one- Anoopgarh (Pawan Duggal) and three others went to the independents.
In Churu and Bikaner districts the Congress could win just two seats each, while the BJP one four seats each. One seat went to an independent.
In Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts, however, the BJP was restricted to one seat in each district, while the Congress got three each in both the districts. The independents and the CPM pocketed the remaining three.
