He contested four elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, 1993 bye election, 1996, 2000 and 2005.

There is soon to be another bye election.

In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election.

It lost one seat in a bye election and another when Ralph Maraj defected to the United National Congress.

He is a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, elected from Shabqadar in bye election.

After bye elections on this seat his elder son Babar Ali Khan Mohmand was elected as an MPA.

In the 2009 bye elections, Viswanath Paswan of LJP won.

In the 2009 bye elections Ashok Prasad Verma of RJD won from Kushwaha caste.

In the bye election, necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA Illiyas Mahammad Sk.

Nallala Odelu won as an MLA in 2009 and re elected in 2010 bye elections.