Neha Tirkey became an MLA for the first time winning the by-election for
Mandar Assembly constituency in 2022 representing the
Indian National Congress. The bypoll was necessitated as her father, Bandhu Tirkey, the sitting MLA was disqualified from the house after he was convicted in a disproportionate assets case. After winning, she became the youngest MLA in the house. Later, she won the
2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. She polled 1,35,936 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Sunny Toppo of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 22,803 votes. == References ==