Ranchi Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday retained the Barhait seat, defeating the BJP’s Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes, according to the Election Commission. Soren received 95,612 votes, while Hembrom received 55,821 votes. The JMM leader increased his margin in the seat. In 2019, he had won the constituency with 25,740 votes.
Soren had to resign as CM in January before he was arrested by the ED in a money laundering case.
He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in June and returned as the state’s chief minister in July, replacing Champai Soren.
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