About Tamar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
One of the 81 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand, Tamar belongs to Khunti parliamentary constituency. Gopal Krishna Patar of JD(U) (Janata Dal United) won the assembly elections of 2009 and is the present MLA. He defeated Vikas Kumar Munda of AJSUP (All India Jharkhand Student Union Party). Patar received 30678 votes as against Munda's 29207 votes. Having a population of 132,672, as per 2011 India census, Tamar is a town in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. The constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Tamar Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Tamar assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 58 | Tamar | (ST) | Vikash Kumar Munda | M | AJSU Party | 57428 | Gopal Krishna Patar | M | IND | 31422 |
| 2009 | 58 | Tamar | (ST) | Gopal Krishna Patar | M | JD(U) | 30678 | Vikas Kumar Munda | M | AJSUP | 29207 |
| 2014 | 58 | Tamar | (ST) | Vikash Kumar Munda | M | AJSU Party | 57428 | Gopal Krishna Patar | M | IND | 31422 |
| 2009 | By Polls | Tamar | (ST) | G.K. Patra | M | JP | 34127 | Shibu Soren | M | JMM | 25154 |
| 2005 | 58 | Tamar | (ST) | Ramesh Singh Munda | M | JD(U) | 22195 | Gopal Krishna Patar | M | IND | 16295 |