 But Soren suffered a humiliating defeat in the assembly bypoll on 8 Jan 2009 from Tamar constituency and failed to enter the Jharkhand assembly.He was defeated by Gopal Krishna Patar of Jharkhand Party, now a MLA from JD(U) - a constituent of NDA - by a margin of 9,062 votes.Soren subsequently resigned on 12 Jan 2009 and after this President's rule was imposed in Jharkhand on 19 Jan 2009 and till 29 Dec 2009.