traditional seat while jmm did not field its contestant and decided to back an independent candidate while das got 5206 votes congresss ramashray prasad got only 38 votes in the 2009 polls dass victory margin dipped to around 30000 he was given a tough fight by jvmps abhay singh who got around 33000 votes meanwhile jmms pramod lal again failed to mark the tribal outfits presence and got around 4000 votes sources said singh who was earlier with bjp and joined team marandi could dent the saffron partys vote bank and break away a sizeable chuck of voters from bjps kitty