Poreyahat Assembly constituency

Poreyahat
Constituency No. 16 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradeep Yadav
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

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

Election	Member	Party
Before 1957: see Poreyahat cum Jarmundi constituency
1957-62: Constituency did not exist
Bihar Legislative Assembly
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
2014 [5]
2019 [6]
2024 [6]			Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLKM	Praveen Kumar Mahato			New
	INC gain from JVM(P)		Swing	5.49

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Pradeep Yadav	77,358	41.00%	5.49
	BJP	Gajadhar Singh	63,761	33.80%	4.47
	JMM	Ashok Kumar	34,745	18.42%	6.39
	NOTA	Nota	3,078	1.63%	0.15
	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%	1.52
	Rashtriya Samaj Dal (R)	Pradip Thakur	1,539	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			13,597	7.21%	1.02
Turnout			1,88,662	68.69%	0.17
Registered electors			2,74,662		4.37
	JVM(P) hold		Swing	5.49

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Pradeep Yadav	64,036	35.51%	12.66
	BJP	Devendranath Singh	52,878	29.33%	12.00
	JMM	Ashok Kumar	44,737	24.81%	2.98
	BSP	Neebha Jaiswal	4,314	2.39%	1.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,210	1.78%	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
	RJD	Sanjay Kumar Singh	1,362	0.76%	1.15
	Samata Party	Taharim Ansari	1,008	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			11,158	6.19%	20.16
Turnout			1,80,315	68.52%	5.15
Registered electors			2,63,155		19.72
	JVM(P) hold		Swing	12.66

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Pradeep Yadav	67,105	48.18%	New
	JMM	Suraj Mandal	30,401	21.83%	13.08
	BJP	Prashant Kumar	24,133	17.33%	35.23
	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
	BSP	Mahendra Prasad Singh	1,147	0.82%	1.53
	Independent	Gopal Mandal	980	0.70%	New
	Independent	Subodh Kisku	977	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			36,704	26.35%	8.70
Turnout			1,39,286	63.37%	1.31
Registered electors			2,19,806		0.89
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	4.38

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Yadav	72,342	52.56%	New
	JMM	Prashant Kumar	48,050	34.91%	New
	SP	Anand Kumar	3,693	2.68%	New
	UGDP	Kundan Kumar Lal	3,344	2.43%	New
	BSP	Deolal Hemram	3,242	2.36%	New
	Independent	Sheela Devi Urf Shail Devi	2,116	1.54%	New
	AJSU	Lamvodar Darwe	1,280	0.93%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Sharma	1,175	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			24,292	17.65%	17.18
Turnout			1,37,635	62.06%	6.69
Registered electors			2,21,773		17.46
	BJP win (new seat)

Assembly by-election 2003

2003 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Poreyahat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Prashant Kumar	58,924	45.39%	New
	BJP	Ajit Kumar	58,316	44.93%	New
	BSP	B. Prasad Singh	4,755	3.66%	New
	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
	JPJD	Sanjay Kumar Sahni	679	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			608	0.47%	14.43
Turnout			1,29,803	68.75%	3.03
Registered electors			1,88,804		0.41
	win (new seat)

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Poreyahat ^[11]

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

• Poraiyahat
• Godda (community development block)
• Saraiyahat

References

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