Maheshpur seat is also included in the 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 79.88%. The total number of voters were 201344, out of which male voters were 100791 and female voters were 100553. Incumbent MLA STEPHEN MARANDI contested from JMM party and got 51866 votes from total votes polled and won the election.