70-year-old Soren was a Union Minister and Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1980 and then again in 1989, 1991 and 1996. In 2002, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, but resigned when he won the Dumka Lok Sabha seat in a by-election the same year. He was re-elected in 2004.