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#REDIRECT [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency]]
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'''[[Barh]]''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Bihar]] from 1977 to 2004.


Bihar's future CM Nitish Kumar was elected five times from Barh (बाढ़), from 1989 to 1999. He lost from Barh in 2004 but won that year from Nalanda.<ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html</ref> Tarkeshwari Sinha was another prominent politician from Bihar to have represented this seat.
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==Members of Lok Sabha==
*1952: Seat did not exist <ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html</ref>
*1957: [[Tarkeshwari Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html</ref>
*1962: [[Tarkeshwari Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html</ref>
*1967: [[Tarkeshwari Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1971: [[Dharam Bir Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1977: [[Shyam Sundar Gupta]], [[Janata Party]]
*1980: [[Dharam Bir Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
*1984: [[Prakash Chandra Yadav]], [[Indian National Congress]]
*1989: [[Nitish Kumar]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1991: [[Nitish Kumar]], [[Janata Dal]]
*1996: [[Nitish Kumar]], [[Samata Party]]
*1998: [[Nitish Kumar]], [[Samata Party]]
*1999: [[Nitish Kumar]], [[Janata Dal (United)]]
*2004: [[Vijay Krishna]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
*2008 onwards:''Constituency does not exist''
 
==Election results==
 
===1996 Election===
* Nitish Kumar (SAP) : 360,156 votes  <ref>https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1996-election-results.html</ref>
* Vijay Krishna (JD) : 295,302
 
===2004 Election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Barh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |candidate  = [[Vijay Krishna]]
  |votes      = 4,26,856
  |percentage = 49.40
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
  |votes      = 3,89,168
  |percentage = 45.04
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Anandi Mahto
  |votes      = 16,240
  |percentage = 1.88
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
  |candidate  = Mithilesh Yadav
  |votes      = 12,940 
  |percentage = 1.50
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |candidate  = Satendra Kumar Singh
  |party      = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
  |votes    = 7,983
  |percentage = 0.92
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 37,688
  |percentage = 4.36
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 8,64,102
  |percentage = 69.53
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |loser        = Janata Dal (United)
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Bihar elections}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

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