Barhi Assembly constituency

Barhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Barhi
Constituency No. 21 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
LS constituencyHazaribagh
Established2000
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

Overview

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Barhi police station in Hazaribagh district and Chauparan police station in Hazaribagh district.[1]

Barhi assembly constituency is part of Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency). There are four blocks under the jurisdiction of Barhi Assembly constituency- Barhi, Chauparan, Padma in Hazaribagh district and Chandwara in Koderma district. Two new administrative blocks (Padma and Chandwara) were created during the 1990s when Ram Lakhan Singh was the MLA of the constituency. The constituency covers 64 panchyats under these four blocks- Barhi (20 panchayats), Chauparan (26 panchayats), Padma (8 Panchayats) and Chadwara (10 panchayats). Entire Barhi constituency is divided into 318 polling booths.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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1952 - 2000

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Earlier Barhi constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Election Member Party
1952 Rameshwar Prasad Mahato Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
1957
1962 Kamakhya Narain Singh Swatantra Party
1967 I. J. N. Singh Jan Kranti Dal
1969 Janata Party
1972 Rameshwar Prasad Mahato Indian National Congress
1977 Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Janata Party
1980 Niranjan Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1985
1990 Ram Lakhan Sinha Communist Party of India
1995 Manoj Yadav Indian National Congress
2000

2000 - present

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

Year Name Party
2005 Manoj Yadav Indian National Congress
2009 Umashankar Akela Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Manoj Yadav Indian National Congress
2019 Umashankar Akela

Election results

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Assembly election 2024

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2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Umashankar Akela
JLKM Krishna Kumar Yadav
INC Arun Sahu
BJP Manoj Kumar Yadav
NCP Mahesh Thakur
Margin of victory
Turnout
Manoj Yadav hold Swing

Assembly election 2019

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2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Umashankar Akela 84,358 46.78%  13.65
BJP Manoj Yadav 72,987 40.48%  11.40
JVM(P) Arbind Kumar 4,282 2.37%  0.98
Independent Mo. Seraj 3,686 2.04% New
Independent Bipin Kumar Sinha 2,451 1.36% New
CPI Ramanuj Kumar 2,219 1.23%  0.72
BSP Md. Jamal Uddin 2,032 1.13%  0.55
NOTA Nota 1,898 1.05%  1.03
Independent Manoj Kumar Paswan 1,474 0.82% New
AITC Rajeev Ranjan 1,327 0.74% New
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Digamber Bhuiya 984 0.55% New
Margin of victory 11,371 6.31%  2.25
Turnout 1,80,319 62.63%  3.73
Registered electors 2,87,892  9.49
INC hold Swing  13.65

Assembly election 2014

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2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Yadav 57,818 33.13%  7.13
BJP Umashankar Akela 50,733 29.07%  17.46
JMM Sabi Devi 39,255 22.50%  19.87
JVM(P) Yogendra Pratap 5,857 3.36% New
NOTA None of the Above 3,629 2.08% New
CPI Manju Gautam 3,412 1.96% New
Independent Basudeo Paswan 3,087 1.77% New
BSP Santosh Ravidas 2,918 1.67%  0.56
Independent Rajendra Rajak 1,362 0.78% New
CPI(ML)L Ranjit Kumar 1,357 0.78% New
Independent Gautam Kumar Yadav 1,223 0.70% New
Margin of victory 7,085 4.06%  2.21
Turnout 1,74,503 66.37%  4.06
Registered electors 2,62,939  26.97
INC gain from BJP Swing  13.40

Assembly election 2009

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2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Umashankar Akela 60,044 46.53%  42.96
INC Manoj Yadav 51,959 40.27%  5.79
Independent Hari Mehta 3,482 2.70% New
JMM Binod Kumar 3,391 2.63% New
BSP Md. Moinuddin Ahmed 2,885 2.24%  1.31
AJSU Akhtar Ali 1,699 1.32% New
Independent Paras Sharan Deo 1,591 1.23% New
LJP Vasudeo Paswan 1,139 0.88% New
Independent Fagu Ram 1,127 0.87% New
Margin of victory 8,085 6.27%  0.31
Turnout 1,29,034 62.31%  0.14
Registered electors 2,07,089  2.14
BJP gain from INC Swing  0.48

Assembly election 2005

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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Yadav 58,313 46.06%  21.20
SP Umashankar Akela 49,990 39.48% New
BJP Kamta Prasad Agrawal 4,525 3.57%  14.98
BSP Basudeo Paswan 4,491 3.55%  1.57
Independent Ranjit Kumar 2,406 1.90% New
Independent Deepak Kumar 1,755 1.39% New
AD Abdul Razak Ansari 1,483 1.17% New
Independent Badri Gope 1,158 0.91% New
Independent Narendra Kumar 722 0.57% New
Independent Fagu Ram 644 0.51% New
Margin of victory 8,323 6.57%  42.13
Turnout 1,26,613 62.45%  5.12
Registered electors 2,02,742  27.18
INC hold Swing  21.20

Assembly election 2000

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barhi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Yadav 72,443 67.25% New
BJP Mahaveer Sahu 19,983 18.55% New
CPI Krishna Kumar 5,878 5.46% New
Independent Umashankar Akela 3,750 3.48% New
BSP Basudeo Paswan 2,129 1.98% New
RJD Girdhari Lal Yadav 1,720 1.60% New
JPP Santosh Sahay 562 0.52% New
Margin of victory 52,460 48.70%
Turnout 1,07,720 68.78%
Registered electors 1,59,415
INC win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  • Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India [1]
  1. ^ "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 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Hazaribagh Loksabha Constituency (Jharkhand)". India Study Channel.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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