Barhara Assembly constituency

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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
Established1951
ReservationNone
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]

Contents

Area/ Wards

The Barhara Assembly constituency comprises: [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The Barhara Assembly constituency was created in 1951. The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Barhara constituency is as follows:

YearMember [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

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barhara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Raghwendra Pratap Singh 76,182 46.15
RJD Saroj Yadav71,20943.13
Independent Asha Devi7,2034.36
NOTA None of the Above 2,7841.69
Majority 4,9733.02
Turnout 1,65,08752.59
Registered electors 3,13,857

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barhara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Saroj Yadav 65,001 44.34
BJP Asha Devi51,69335.26
SP Raghwendra Pratap Singh 13,6389.30
NOTA None of the Above 2,9161.99
Majority 13,3089.08
Turnout 1,46,61251.27
Registered electors 2,85,928

References

  1. "Arrah Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "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.
  3. "Barhara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

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