Barhait seat is also included in the 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 72.9%. The total number of voters were 185700, out of which male voters were 93990 and female voters were 91710. Incumbent MLA HEMANT SOREN contested from JMM party and got 62515 votes from total votes polled and won the election.