Barkagaon Assembly constituency

Barkagaon
Constituency No. 22 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
LS constituency	Hazaribagh
Established	2000
Total electors	340,643
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amba Prasad
Elected year	2019

Barkagaon Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand under Hazaribagh district. ^{[1] [2]} It consists of three blocks namely Barkagaon, Keredari and Patratu.

Indian National Congress MLAs in Jharkhand claimed that their colleague, Barkagaon's current MLA Nirmala Devi, was arrested on 25 August 2015 for a murder in the Hazaribagh district 9 days before. ^[3] Fellow MLA, Irfan Ansari of Jamtara constituency, condemned the arrest, alleging that the government is trying to attack INC legislators by falsely accusing them of crimes they never committed. Its come under Hazaribagh district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 - 2000

Earlier Barkagaon constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election	Member	Party
1952	Kamakhya Narain Singh		Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
1957	Shashank Manjari
1962			Swatantra Party
1967	Mahesh Ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969			Janata Party
1972			Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Kailash Pati Singh		Janata Party
1980 [4]	Ramendra Kumar		Communist Party of India
1985 [5]
1990 [6]
1995 [7]	Loknath Mahto		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000

2000 - present

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Year	Member	Party
2005	Loknath Mahto		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Yogendra Sao		Indian National Congress
2014	Nirmala Devi
2019	Amba Prasad
2024	Roshan Lal Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roshan Lal Choudhary
	INC	Amba Prasad
	CPI	Anirudhh Kumar
	JLKM	Baleshwar Kumar
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amba Prasad	98,862	44.13%	14.89
	AJSU	Roshan Lal Choudhary	67,348	30.06%	1.02
	BJP	Loknath Mahto	31,761	14.18%	New
	JVM(P)	Durga Charan Prasad	3,347	1.49%	5.63
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)	Suresh Mahto	3,205	1.43%	New
	AIMIM	Pritam Singh	3,022	1.35%	New
	CPI	Mithilesh Kumar Dangi	2,710	1.21%	6.66
	JD(U)	Vinod Kumar Rana	1,868	0.83%	New
	Independent	Anju Devi	1,862	0.83%	New
	Independent	Baljit Singh	1,768	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			31,514	14.07%	13.87
Turnout			2,24,045	65.77%	0.10
Registered electors			3,40,643		6.12
	INC hold		Swing	14.89

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nirmala Devi	61,817	29.24%	3.40
	AJSU	Roshan Lal Choudhary	61,406	29.04%	11.05
	JMM	Sanjeev Kumar	32,496	15.37%	3.35
	CPI	Ramendra Kumar	16,631	7.87%	0.97
	JVM(P)	Shivlal Mahto	15,068	7.13%	New
	BSP	Deepak Kumar Das	3,851	1.82%	0.70
	Independent	Kartik Mahto	3,122	1.48%	New
	Independent	Gautam Tiwari	2,906	1.37%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,002	0.95%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Heera Gope	1,717	0.81%	0.70
	IUML	Shahid Ali	1,467	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			411	0.19%	0.72
Turnout			2,11,447	65.87%	11.07
Registered electors			3,21,008		17.49
	INC hold		Swing	3.40

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yogendra Sao	38,683	25.83%	6.79
	BJP	Loknath Mahto	37,319	24.92%	4.22
	AJSU	Roshan Lal Choudhary	26,945	17.99%	16.07
	JMM	Sanjeev Kumar	17,990	12.01%	2.31
	CPI	Bindhyachal	10,329	6.90%	7.89
	CPI(ML)L	Quamuddin Ansari	2,269	1.52%	0.49
	Independent	Krishna Oraon	1,897	1.27%	New
	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	Rama Soni	1,757	1.17%	New
	BSP	Mahabir Tiwari	1,672	1.12%	0.88
	AITC	Samim Miyan	1,642	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			1,364	0.91%	9.19
Turnout			1,49,740	54.80%	4.15
Registered electors			2,73,225		0.73
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.31

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Loknath Mahto	47,283	29.14%	6.77
	INC	Yogendra Sao	30,902	19.05%	12.98
	CPI	Ramendra Kumar	23,992	14.79%	11.84
	Independent	Shivlal Mahto	18,258	11.25%	New
	JMM	Sanjeev Kumar	15,751	9.71%	2.80
	CPI(ML)L	Pairu Pratap Ram	3,254	2.01%	0.62
	BSP	Darshan Ganjhu	3,233	1.99%	0.16
	AJSU	Puran Ram Sahu	3,118	1.92%	New
	Independent	Premchand Choudhary	2,696	1.66%	New
	Independent	Md Tahir Hussian	1,557	0.96%	New
	Independent	Baleshwar Mehta	1,404	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			16,381	10.10%	0.81
Turnout			1,62,246	58.95%	11.73
Registered electors			2,75,221		14.05
	BJP hold		Swing	6.77

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Loknath Mahto	40,921	35.91%	New
	CPI	Puran Ram Shahu	30,342	26.63%	New
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Mithilesh Kumar Singh	10,882	9.55%	New
	JMM	Shivlal Mahto	7,876	6.91%	New
	RJD	Girdhari Gope	7,860	6.90%	New
	INC	Idris Ansari	6,908	6.06%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Guni Ouran	2,993	2.63%	New
	Independent	Gobind Ganjhu	2,945	2.58%	New
	BSP	Dwarika Bedia	2,086	1.83%	New
Margin of victory			10,579	9.28%
Turnout			1,13,955	47.92%
Registered electors			2,41,318
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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