Poreyahat seat is also included in the 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 68.52%. The total number of voters were 263155, out of which male voters were 135996 and female voters were 127159. Incumbent MLA PRADIP YADAV contested from JVM party and got 64036 votes from total votes polled and won the election.