Barhara Assembly constituency
| Barhara Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 193 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhojpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Barhara Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly seats of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Sandesh, Arrah, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur and Agiaon (SC).[1]
Area/ Wards
[edit]The Barhara Assembly constituency comprises:[2]
- CD Block Barhara
- Gram Panchayats: Ijri, Sundarpur Barja, Agarsanda, Baghipakar, Basantpur, Dhamar & Khajuria of Arrah CD Block
- Gram Panchayats: Khesrahiya, Mathurapur, Rajapur, Daulatpur, Chanda, Gidha, Birampur & Kayam Nagar of the Koilwar CD Block.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]The Barhara Assembly constituency was created in 1951. The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Barhara constituency is as follows:
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Vilash Singh | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | |
1957-1967: Constituency did not exit
| |||
| 1967 | Ambika Sharan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Mahanth Mahadeva Nand Giri | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Ram Vilash Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Ambika Sharan Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ramjee Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 Feb | Asha Devi | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 Oct | |||
| 2010 | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | Saroj Yadav | ||
| 2020 | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | 76,182 | 46.15 | ||
| RJD | Saroj Yadav | 71,209 | 43.13 | ||
| Independent | Asha Devi | 7,203 | 4.36 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,784 | 1.69 | ||
| Majority | 4,973 | 3.02 | |||
| Turnout | 1,65,087 | 52.59 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,13,857 | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Saroj Yadav | 65,001 | 44.34 | ||
| BJP | Asha Devi | 51,693 | 35.26 | ||
| SP | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | 13,638 | 9.30 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,916 | 1.99 | ||
| Majority | 13,308 | 9.08 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,612 | 51.27 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,85,928 | ||||
2010
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | 46,102 | 41.52 | ||
| JD(U) | Asha Devi | 45,019 | 40.54 | ||
| INC | Bhai Brahmeshwer | 6,084 | 5.48 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Rajiv Ranjan | 3,672 | 3.31 | ||
| Majority | 1,083 | 0.98 | |||
| Turnout | 1,11,049 | 47.66 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,32,971 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Arrah Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Barhara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.