Salkhan Soren

Salkhan ran for the first time in the 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from the Gandey Assembly constituency and emerged victorious.^[6] He subsequently ran from the same constituency in the 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and won once again.^[7]

In the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Salkhan ran as a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate in the Gandey Assembly constituency. He received 35,375 votes and won a seat in the Legislative Assembly by defeating his closest competitor, Laxman Swarnkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, with a margin of 8,918 votes. Salkhan served in this assembly from 2000 to 2005.^[8] In the 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Salkhan once again ran as a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate in the Gandey Assembly constituency. He secured 36,849 votes and was re-elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, defeating Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by 1,512 votes. He continued to serve in this assembly from 2005 to 2010.^[9]