In the
2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Dashrath contested from
Kharsawan Assembly constituency as a
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate. In this election, he got a total of 72,002 votes and was elected to the
4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival
Arjun Munda of the
Bharatiya Janata Party by 11,966 votes. He served in this assembly from 2014 to 2019. In the
2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Dashrath contested from
Kharsawan Assembly constituency as a
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate. In this election, he got a total of 73,341 votes and was elected to the
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He defeated his nearest rival Jawahar Lal Banra of the
Bharatiya Janata Party by 22,795 votes. He has been serving in this assembly since 2019. == Electoral statistics ==