Potka Assembly Constituency Election Result

Potka is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. Election results of Potka assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Potka Assembly Constituency Seat (Bihar) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2000	Menka Sardar	BJP	30132
1995	Hari Ram Sardar	JMM	28699
1990	Hari Ram Sardar	JMM	24253
1985	Sonatan Sardar	INC	13937
1980	Sanatan Sardar	BJP	12346
1977	Sanatan Sardar	JNP	15995

2000 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Menka Sardar Female	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	30132 29.58%
2	Krishna Mardi Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	21235 20.84%
3	Surya Singh Besra Male	IND Independent	20421 20.05%
4	Hari Ram Sardar Male	INC Indian National Congress	16683 16.38%
5	Gunadhar Singh Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	4134 4.06%
6	Aastik Sardar Male	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	4127 4.05%
7	Babulal Murmu Male	SP Samajwadi Party	2196 2.16%
8	Laxman Murmu Male	IND Independent	1040 1.02%
9	Saluka Tiu Male	IND Independent	779 0.76%
10	Laxman Kisku Male	JKP Jharkhand Party	563 0.55%
11	Hikim Chandra Tudu Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	353 0.35%
12	Amulya Singh Male	IND Independent	211 0.21%
	Total		101874 52.6%

In 2000, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 196285 electors. Total number of valid vote was 101874. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Menka Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 30132 votes. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Krishna Mardi stood second with total 21235 votes. He lost by 8897 votes.

1995 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Hari Ram Sardar Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	28699 24.56%
2	Budharam Soy Male	INC Indian National Congress	23955 20.5%
3	Khela Ram Besra Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	22706 19.43%
4	Shashadhar Hansda Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	7447 6.37%
5	Naresh Kumar Murmu Male	JMM(M) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (mardi)	5301 4.54%
6	Shyama Prasad Tudu Male	IND Independent	4181 3.58%
7	Kumar Krishna Murmu Male	JKP Jharkhand Party	4167 3.57%
8	Sagen Hansda Male	JPP Jharkhand People's Party	4063 3.48%
9	Kumar Chandra Mardi Male	IND Independent	3233 2.77%
10	Menka Sardar Female	IND Independent	3114 2.66%
11	Sanatan Sardar Male	IND Independent	1125 0.96%
12	Karu Ram Murmu Male	IND Independent	1118 0.96%
13	Astik Sardar Male	IND Independent	1073 0.92%
14	Birsa Hembrom Kumar Male	BPP Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party	1023 0.88%
15	Dinesh Sardar Male	IND Independent	882 0.75%
16	Mohan Lal Sardar Male	IND Independent	866 0.74%
17	Shankar Kalundia Male	IND Independent	507 0.43%
18	Abhoy Shashi Ram Panthi Ram Male	IND Independent	503 0.43%
19	Mrigendra Hansda Male	IND Independent	489 0.42%
20	Anil Kumar Murmu Male	IND Independent	478 0.41%
21	Fudan Hansda Male	IND Independent	422 0.36%
22	Shiwan Singh Sardar Male	IND Independent	377 0.32%
23	Sayanath Bhoomij Male	IND Independent	368 0.31%
24	Upendra Nath Sardar Male	IND Independent	278 0.24%
25	Anand Kumar Soren Male	IND Independent	271 0.23%
26	Srikant Sardar Male	IND Independent	220 0.19%
	Total		116866 65.57%

In 1995, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 185313 electors. Total number of valid vote was 116866. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Hari Ram Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 28699 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Budharam Soy stood second with total 23955 votes. He lost by 4744 votes.

1990 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Hari Ram Sardar Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	24253 33.88%
2	Megh Lal Tudu Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	10606 14.82%
3	Naresh Kumar Mudmu Male	IND Independents	10070 14.07%
4	Sanatan Sardar Male	INC Indian National Congress	8068 11.27%
5	Astik Sardar Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	5919 8.27%
6	Hikim Chandra Tudu Male	JD Janata Dal	4070 5.69%
7	Giopi Nath Soren Male	JKD Jharkhand Dal	3020 4.22%
8	Rodeya Soren Male	IND Independents	1828 2.55%
9	Kuchar Chand Mardi Male	IND Independents	1394 1.95%
10	Manjhi Rasraj Tudu Male	IND Independents	831 1.16%
11	Prafulla Sardaar Male	IND Independents	460 0.64%
12	Bikam Tudu Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	304 0.42%
13	Choto Rai Hansda Male	IND Independents	229 0.32%
14	Man Singh Murmu Male	IND Independents	215 0.3%
15	Mewalal Bhumij Male	IND Independents	136 0.19%
16	Lall Mardi Male	IND Independents	114 0.16%
17	Ratnakar Singh Male	IND Independents	64 0.09%
	Total		71581 44.22%

In 1990, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 166130 electors. Total number of valid vote was 71581. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Hari Ram Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 24253 votes. Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Megh Lal Tudu stood second with total 10606 votes. He lost by 13647 votes.

1985 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sonatan Sardar Male	INC Indian National Congress	13937 32.83%
2	Hari Ram Sardar Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	7930 18.68%
3	Astik Sardar M Cpi % Kumar Krishna Murmu Male	IND Independent	5127 12.08%
4	Megh Lal Tudu Male	BJP Bharatiya Janta Party	3410 8.03%
5	Dhani Ram Tudu Male	IND Independent	3066 7.22%
6	Kuwar Chandra Mardi Male	JNP Janta Party	1293 3.05%
7	Phoolmani Purty Female	IND Independent	627 1.48%
8	Brihat Majhi Male	IND Independent	542 1.28%
9	Sangrai Mardi Male	IND Independent	526 1.24%
	Total		42446 32.57%

In 1985, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 133067 electors. Total number of valid vote was 42446. Indian National Congress candidate Sonatan Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 13937 votes. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Hari Ram Sardar stood second with total 7930 votes. He lost by 6007 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sanatan Sardar Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	12346 34.68%
2	Salkhan Murmu Male	IND Independents	9734 27.35%
3	Sanatan Majhi Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	9482 26.64%
4	Mahandar Chandra Sardar Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	2901 8.15%
5	Sunaram Sardar Male	IND Independents	604 1.7%
6	Dharmu Charan Murmu Male	JKD Jharkhand Party	403 1.13%
7	Anand Kumar Hembram Male	IND Independents	126 0.35%
	Total		35596 30.36%

In 1980, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 119936 electors. Total number of valid vote was 35596. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanatan Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 12346 votes. Independents candidate Salkhan Murmu stood second with total 9734 votes. He lost by 2612 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sanatan Sardar Male	JNP Janata Party	15995 55.1%
2	Sanatan Manjni Male	JKP All India Jharkhand Party	5604 19.3%
3	Mirgendra Nanth Majhi Male	INC Indian National Congress	3101 10.68%
4	K K Murmu Male	JKD Jharkhand Party	2473 8.52%
5	Majhi Rasraj Tudu Male	IND Independents	1272 4.38%
6	Anpa Murmu Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	310 1.07%
7	Kalin Kishore Sardar Male	IND Independents	274 0.94%
	Total		29029 27.76%

In 1977, Potka legislative assembly constituency had total 107337 electors. Total number of valid vote was 29029. Janata Party candidate Sanatan Sardar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 15995 votes. All India Jharkhand Party candidate Sanatan Manjni stood second with total 5604 votes. He lost by 10391 votes.