Potka Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in Jharkhand. For its namesake community development block, see Potka block. For its namesake village, see Potka.

Potka
Constituency No. 46 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	East Singhbhum
LS constituency	Jamshedpur
Established	2000
Total electors	288,142
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjib Sardar
Elected year	2024

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

Overview

According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India, Potka Assembly constituency covers Potka police station, Palasbani, Asta, Kowali, Nunia, Kumarasol, Barakanjiya, Bomaro Bangoriya and Damudih gram panchayats in Musabani police station. Bagbera town and Karandih – Purihasa, Hargarghutu, Bagbera panchayats and Kitadih village in Jugsalai police station. It is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes. Potka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Potka constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
Before 1957: see Jugsalai cum Potka constituency
1957	Supai Soren		Jharkhand Party
1962	Majhi Rasraj Tudu		Indian National Congress
1967-77: Constituency did not exist
1977	Sanatan Sardar		Janata Dal
1980			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Hari Ram Sardar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1995
2000	Maneka Sardar		Bharatiya Janata Party

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Election	Member	Party
2005	Amulya Sardar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Maneka Sardar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Sanjib Sardar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2024

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sanjib Sardar	120,322	51.97
	BJP	Meera Munda	92,420	39.92	New
	JLKM	Bhagirathi Hansda	5,723	2.47	New
	Independent	Subodh Singh Sardar	2,405	1.04
	Independent	Sunita Murmu	2,180	0.94	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,952	0.84
	Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)	Bijan Sardar	1,320	0.57
	Independent	Sirma Dewgam	1,040	0.45
Margin of victory			27,902
Turnout
	JMM hold		Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Sanjib Sardar	110,753	55.61%	22.54
	BJP	Maneka Sardar	67,643	33.97%	2.71
	AJSU	Bulu Rani Singh	5,735	2.88%	New
	JVM(P)	Naresh Kumar Murmu	3,891	1.95%	3.91
	NOTA	Nota	2,993	1.50%	0.50
	JD(U)	Ishwar Soren	2,127	1.07%	New
	RRP	Bir Singh Deogam	1,872	0.94%	New
	Independent	Sirma Dewgam	1,330	0.67%	New
	SUCI(C)	Diku Vesar	1,133	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			43,110	21.65%	18.04
Turnout			1,99,150	69.12%	0.41
Registered electors			2,88,142		6.48
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	18.94

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Maneka Sardar	68,191	36.68%	3.32
	JMM	Sanjib Sardar	61,485	33.07%	14.32
	INC	Dukhni Mai Sardar	14,227	7.65%	13.82
	JPP	Surya Singh Besra	12,177	6.55%	New
	JVM(P)	Upendra Nath Sardar	10,905	5.87%	New
	SP	Naresh Kumar Murmu	3,767	2.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,730	2.01%	New
	Independent	Sagar Besra	2,270	1.22%	New
	Independent	Amulya Sardar	2,116	1.14%	New
	JBSP	Suklal Boipai	1,930	1.04%	2.98
	Independent	Dipali Sardar	1,710	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			6,706	3.61%	8.28
Turnout			1,85,919	68.71%	10.19
Registered electors			2,70,603		19.78
	BJP hold		Swing	3.32

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Maneka Sardar	44,095	33.36%	3.17
	INC	Subodh Singh Sardar	28,385	21.47%	New
	JMM	Amulya Sardar	24,789	18.75%	21.82
	Independent	Naresh Kumar Murmu	6,244	4.72%	New
	JBSP	Chunka Mardi	5,317	4.02%	New
	AJSU	Krishna Mardi	2,669	2.02%	New
	UGDP	Alhan Mardi	2,560	1.94%	New
	AITC	Budha Ram Soy	2,407	1.82%	0.51
	Independent	Dilip Tudu	2,360	1.79%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Josai Mardi	1,766	1.34%	New
	Independent	Jagjiban Singh	1,467	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			15,710	11.89%	1.50
Turnout			1,32,181	58.51%	0.21
Registered electors			2,25,909		0.60
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	7.21

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Amulya Sardar	53,760	40.57%	19.73
	BJP	Maneka Sardar	40,001	30.19%	0.61
	JPP	Surya Singh Besra	21,162	15.97%	New
	Independent	Hari Ram Sardar	4,403	3.32%	New
	JDP	Phudan Murmu	2,067	1.56%	New
	Independent	Alhan Mardi	2,008	1.52%	New
	Independent	Khela Ram Besra	1,761	1.33%	New
	AITC	Asit Kumar Singh	1,732	1.31%	New
	NCP	Gitali Patra	1,581	1.19%	New
	BSP	Dilip Tudu	1,137	0.86%	New
	NLP	Sivan Singh Sardar	1,123	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			13,759	10.38%	1.65
Turnout			1,32,509	58.31%	6.40
Registered electors			2,27,267		15.78
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	10.99

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Potka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Maneka Sardar	30,132	29.58%	New
	JMM	Krishna Mardi	21,235	20.84%	New
	Independent	Surya Singh Besra	20,421	20.05%	New
	INC	Hari Ram Sardar	16,683	16.38%	New
	CPI	Gunadhar Singh	4,134	4.06%	New
	RJD	Aastik Sardar	4,127	4.05%	New
	SP	Babulal Murmu	2,196	2.16%	New
	Independent	Laxman Murmu	1,040	1.02%	New
	Independent	Saluka Tiu	779	0.76%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Laxman Kisku	563	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			8,897	8.73%
Turnout			1,01,874	52.60%
Registered electors			1,96,285
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

• Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India [1]