Poreyahat Assembly constituency

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Poreyahat
Constituency No. 16 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictGodda
Established2000
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC  
Alliance  [[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Poreyahat is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Currently MLA from this seat is pradeep yadav of Indian National Congress

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Overview[edit | edit source]

Poreyahat Assembly constituency covers: Poreyahat Police Station in Godda district, Sarayiahat Police Station in Dumka district and Burhikura, Dammajhilua, Sandmara, Nonbatta, Makhni, Pathra and Punsiya gram panchayats of Godda Police Station in Godda district.[2]

Poreyahat Assembly constituency is part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1957: see Poreyahat cum Jarmundi constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
1962 Jadunandan Murmu Indian National Congress
1967 M. Murmu Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Edward Marandi Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand
1972 Prithwi Chand Kisku Indian National Congress
1977 Kamlakant Prasad Sinha Janata Party
1980 Suraj Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1985
1990
1995 Prashant Kumar Mandal
2000 Pradeep Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2003^ Prashant Kumar Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2005[3] Pradeep Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[4] Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
2014[5]
2019[6]
2024[6] Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pradeep Yadav 117,842 52.90% New
BJP Devendranath Singh 83,712 37.58% Increase3.78
Independent Rajendra Pandit 3,665 1.65% New
CPI Ram Chandra Hembrom 3,318 1.49% New
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Praween Kumar 3,316 1.49% New
BSP Sanjay Yadav 1,654 0.74% Decrease0.13
NOTA None of the Above 4,761 2.14% Increase0.51
Margin of victory 34,130 15.32% Increase8.11
Turnout 2,22,763 70.26% Increase1.57
Registered electors 3,17,044 Increase15.43
INC gain from JVM(P) Swing Increase11.90

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav 77,358 41.00% Increase5.49
BJP Gajadhar Singh 63,761 33.80% Increase4.47
JMM Ashok Kumar 34,745 18.42% Decrease6.39
Independent Simon Marandi 3,061 1.62% New
Bharatiya National Janta Dal Muhammad Ansari 1,833 0.97% New
Bhartiya Dalit Party Sanjay Kumar Sinha 1,648 0.87% New
BSP Umesh Mishra 1,639 0.87% Decrease1.52
NOTA Nota 3,078 1.63% Decrease0.15
Margin of victory 13,597 7.21% Increase1.02
Turnout 1,88,662 68.69% Increase0.17
Registered electors 2,74,662 Increase4.37
JVM(P) hold Swing Increase5.49

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav 64,036 35.51% Decrease12.66
BJP Devendranath Singh 52,878 29.33% Increase12.00
JMM Ashok Kumar 44,737 24.81% Increase2.98
BSP Neebha Jaiswal 4,314 2.39% New
Independent Divyandu Shekhar 2,473 1.37% New
Independent Kishor Kisku 2,039 1.13% New
Independent Dinesh Mandal 1,402 0.78% New
NOTA None of the Above 3,210 1.78% New
Margin of victory 11,158 6.19% Decrease20.16
Turnout 1,80,315 68.52% Increase5.15
Registered electors 2,63,155 Increase19.72
JVM(P) hold Swing Decrease12.66

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav 67,105 48.18% New
JMM Suraj Mandal 30,401 21.83% Decrease13.08
BJP Prashant Kumar 24,133 17.33% Decrease35.23
Loktantrik Samata Dal Khagendra Prasad Mahto 3,779 2.71% New
RJD Buniya Devi 2,655 1.91% New
Independent Hemant Kumar Yadav 2,267 1.63% New
Independent Lakshmikant Yadav 1,555 1.12% New
Margin of victory 36,704 26.35% Increase8.70
Turnout 1,39,286 63.37% Increase1.31
Registered electors 2,19,806 Decrease0.89
JVM(P) gain from BJP Swing Decrease4.38

Assembly Election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Yadav 72,342 52.56% Increase7.63
JMM Prashant Kumar 48,050 34.91% Decrease10.48
SP Anand Kumar 3,693 2.68% New
UGDP Kundan Kumar Lal 3,344 2.43% New
BSP Deolal Hemram 3,242 2.36% Decrease1.31
Independent Sheela Devi Urf Shail Devi 2,116 1.54% New
AJSU Lamvodar Darwe 1,280 0.93% New
Margin of victory 24,292 17.65% Increase17.18
Turnout 1,37,635 62.06% Decrease6.69
Registered electors 2,21,773 Increase17.46
BJP gain from JMM Swing Increase7.17

Assembly By-election 2003[edit | edit source]

2003 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Poreyahat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JMM Prashant Kumar 58,924 45.39% Increase16.36
BJP Ajit Kumar 58,316 44.93% Increase0.99
BSP B. Prasad Singh 4,755 3.66% Increase2.29
Independent Sanjeev Mirdha 1,713 1.32% New
Independent Karulal Singh 953 0.73% New
Independent Srikant Bagwe 942 0.73% New
Jharkhand Vikas Dal Aniruddh Sah 858 0.66% New
Margin of victory 608 0.47% Decrease14.43
Turnout 1,29,803 68.75% Increase3.03
Registered electors 1,88,804 Increase0.41
JMM gain from BJP Swing Increase1.46

Assembly Election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Yadav 54,287 43.93% New
JMM Prashant Kumar 35,874 29.03% New
INC Rajesh Kumar Sah 14,083 11.40% New
RJD Phani Bhushan Yadav 7,922 6.41% New
SP Suraj Mandal 5,158 4.17% New
CPI Hem Kant Yadav 3,061 2.48% New
BSP Anjani Devi 1,700 1.38% New
Margin of victory 18,413 14.90%
Turnout 1,23,567 66.78%
Registered electors 1,88,025
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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