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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}
|name                  = Barbigha Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency -->
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
|parl_name              = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]<!-- name of the law making body -->
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
|image                  =
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|image_size            =  
|name                  = Barbigha
|caption                =  
|type= SLA
|alt                    =  
| map_image = 170-Barbigha constituency.svg
|mla                    = [[Sudarshan Kumar]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| map_caption =  
|party                 = [[Indian National Congress]] <!--Name of the current MLA's party. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| map_alt =  
|alliance               = <!--Name of the current MLA's party alliance. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|mla                    = Dr. [[Kumar Puspanjay]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|year                  =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|region                =  
|region                =  
|state                  = [[Bihar]]
|state                  = [[Bihar]]
|district              =  
|district              = [[Sheikhpura district|Sheikhpura]]
|division              =  
|division              =  
|constituency          = [[Sheikhpura district|Sheikhpura]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada]]
|constituency_no        = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|170]]
|constituency_no        = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|170]]
|established            = <!-- year of establishment -->
|established            = 1951
|electors               =  
| electors = 232,576
|reservation            = None
|reservation            = None
|abolished              = <!-- year abolished -->
|abolished              = <!-- year abolished -->
}}
}}
{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}


'''170 Barbigha Assembly constituency''' is one of 243 legislative assembly constituency of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is part of [[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/nawada.html | title=Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> It is home constituency of '''Bihar's first chief minister Shri Krishna Singh.'''
'''Barbigha''' is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is part of [[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/nawada.html | title=Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> It is the home constituency of Bihar's first chief minister [[Shri Krishna Singh]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
Barbigha Constituency comprises CD Blocks Barbigha and Shekhopursarai; Gram Panchayats: Gaway, Audhe, Pain, Lodipur, Kosra, Kusumbha, Kare, Hathiyawan, Mehus & Katari of Sheikhpura CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf  |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies  |access-date = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>
Barbigha Constituency comprises CD Blocks Barbigha and Shekhopursarai; Gram Panchayats: Gaway, Audhe, Pain, Lodipur, Kosra, Kusumbha, Kare, Hathiyawan, Mehus & Katari of Sheikhpura CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf  |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies  |access-date = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>


==Members of Legislative Assembly==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|[[Krishna Mohan Pyare Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|-
!Assembly
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
!Duration
|[[Shri Krishna Sinha]]
!Name of the Member
!Political Party
|-
|-
| First||1951-1957  || Krishna Mohan Pearey Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Leela Devi
|-
|-
| Second||1957-1962  || [[Shri Krishna Singh (politician)|Shri Krishna Singh]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |Shiv Shankar Singh
|-
|-
| Third||1962-67|| Leela Devi || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
| Fourth||1967-1969|| Shiv Shankar Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|[[Rajo Singh]]
|-
|-
| Fifth||1969-1972|| Shiv Shankar Singh ||  Independent
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Nain Tara Dass]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|-
| Sixth||1972-1977|| [[Rajo Singh]] || Independent
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Mahavir Choudhary]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
|-
| Seventh||1977-1980|| Nain Tara Dass  || [[Janata Party]]
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|-
| Eighth||1980-1985|| Mahavir Choudhary || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|-
| Ninth||1985-1990|| Mahavir Choudhary || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|-
| Tenth||1990-1995|| Mahavir Choudhary  || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ashok Choudhary]]
|-
|-
| Eleventh||1995-2000|| Mahavir Chaudhary || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|-
| Tweleth||2000-2005||[[Ashok Chaudhary]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
| Thirteenth||2005-2010|| Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia || [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Gajanand Shahi]]
|-
|-
| Fourteenth||2010 - 2015 || Gajanand Shahi|| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sudarshan Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
| Fifteenth||2015 -2020 || [[Sudarshan Kumar]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
| Sixteenth||2020-2025 || [[Sudarshan Kumar]] || [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Kumar Puspanjay]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Barbigha<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Barbigha">{{cite news |date=14 November 2025 |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Barbigha |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04170.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213052340/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04170.htm|archive-date=13 December 2025 |access-date=26 November 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[Kumar Puspanjay]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |votes      = {{formatnum:61882}}
  |percentage = 42.85
  |change    = +9.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Trishuldhari Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:36389}}|percentage=25.2|change=-7.89}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Sudarshan Kumar]]|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:28411}}|percentage=19.67|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Mukesh Kumar Singh|party=Jan Suraaj Party|votes={{formatnum:4684}}|percentage=3.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Satish Kumar|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:2373}}|percentage=1.64|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Sanjay Kumar Prabhat|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:1446}}|percentage=1.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Murari Kumar|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:1313}}|percentage=0.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:6197}}|percentage=4.29|change=+1.26}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:25493}}|percentage=17.65|change=+17.55}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:144414}}|percentage=62.09|change=+8.96}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      = <!-- % swing -->
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 2020 ===
=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Barbigha<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Barbigha }}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
   |candidate  =  
   |candidate  = [[Sudarshan Kumar]]
   |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
   |party      = Janata Dal (United)
   |votes      =  
   |votes      = {{formatnum:39878}}
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 33.19
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |candidate  =  
  |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Janata Dal (United)
   |candidate  = Gajanand Shahi
   |votes      =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:39765}}
   |percentage =  
  |percentage = 33.09
  |change    = -8.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Lok Janshakti Party
  |candidate  = Madhukar Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:18930}}
  |percentage = 15.75
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Rakesh Ranjan
  |votes      = {{formatnum:7139}}
  |percentage = 5.94
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Rashtriya Jan Jan Party
  |candidate  = Gopal Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:4458}}
  |percentage = 3.71
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Deepak Kumar Sharma
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1770}}
  |percentage = 1.47
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
  |candidate  = Mritunjay Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1763}}
  |percentage = 1.47
  |change    = -26.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Rajendra Prasad
   |votes      = {{formatnum:1110}}
   |percentage = 0.92
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
   |party      = None of the above
   |party      = None of the above
   |votes      =  
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |percentage =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:3639}}
  |percentage = 3.03
  |change    = -2.02
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:113}}
  |percentage = 0.1
  |change    = -14.02
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:120166}}
  |percentage = 53.13
  |change    = -1.39
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
 
=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
  |title      = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Barbigha<ref name="Barbigha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Barbigha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/barbigha |access-date=13 December 2025 |work= |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213052347/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/barbigha |archive-date=13 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Sudarshan Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:46406}}
  |percentage = 41.67
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
  |candidate  = Sheo Kumar
   |votes      = {{formatnum:30689}}
   |percentage = 27.55
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |votes      =  
  |party      = Independent
  |percentage =  
  |candidate  = Radhey Sharma
  |change    =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:8122}}
  |percentage = 7.29
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |votes      =  
  |party      = Independent
  |percentage =  
  |candidate  = Ravi Chaudhary
  |change    =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:5789}}
  |percentage = 5.2
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |reg. electors = {{formatnum: }}  
  |party      = Nationalist Congress Party
  |ref=<ref name="Bihar Election 2020">{{cite web |title=Bihar Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
  |candidate  = Anil Shankar Sinha
  |votes      = {{formatnum:4420}}
  |percentage = 3.97
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Preetam Kumari
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2661}}
  |percentage = 2.39
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = Rajeshwari Prasad
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2460}}
  |percentage = 2.21
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Amritash Anand
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1461}}
  |percentage = 1.31
  |change    =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Mritunjay Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1452}}
  |percentage = 1.3
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Yugeshwar Manjhi
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1188}}
  |percentage = 1.07
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Krishna Murari Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1102}}
  |percentage = 0.99
  |change    =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:5626}}
  |percentage = 5.05
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:15717}}
  |percentage = 14.12
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:111376}}
  |percentage = 54.52
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = 
  |loser      = 
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
 
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[[Category:Politics of Sheikhpura district]]
[[Category:Politics of Sheikhpura district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

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Barbigha
Constituency No. 170 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSheikhpura
Lok Sabha constituencyNawada
Established1951
Total electors232,576
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JD(U)  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2025

Barbigha is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Nawada Lok Sabha constituency.[1] It is the home constituency of Bihar's first chief minister Shri Krishna Singh.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Barbigha Constituency comprises CD Blocks Barbigha and Shekhopursarai; Gram Panchayats: Gaway, Audhe, Pain, Lodipur, Kosra, Kusumbha, Kare, Hathiyawan, Mehus & Katari of Sheikhpura CD Block.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1952 Krishna Mohan Pyare Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Shri Krishna Sinha
1962 Leela Devi
1967 Shiv Shankar Singh
1969 Independent
1972 Rajo Singh
1977 Nain Tara Dass Janata Party
1980 Mahavir Choudhary Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1995
2000 Ashok Choudhary
2005
2005 Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia Janata Dal
2010 Gajanand Shahi
2015 Sudarshan Kumar Indian National Congress
2020 Janata Dal
2025 Kumar Puspanjay

Election results[edit | edit source]

2025[edit | edit source]

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kumar Puspanjay 61,882 42.85 +9.66
INC Trishuldhari Singh 36,389 25.2 −7.89
Independent Sudarshan Kumar 28,411 19.67
Jan Suraaj Party Mukesh Kumar Singh 4,684 3.24
Independent Satish Kumar 2,373 1.64
Independent Sanjay Kumar Prabhat 1,446 1.0
BSP Murari Kumar 1,313 0.91
NOTA None of the above 6,197 4.29 +1.26
Majority 25,493 17.65 +17.55
Turnout 144,414 62.09 +8.96
JD(U) gain from INC Swing


2020[edit | edit source]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Sudarshan Kumar 39,878 33.19
INC Gajanand Shahi 39,765 33.09 −8.58
LJP Madhukar Kumar 18,930 15.75
Independent Rakesh Ranjan 7,139 5.94
Rashtriya Jan Jan Party Gopal Kumar 4,458 3.71
Independent Deepak Kumar Sharma 1,770 1.47
RLSP Mritunjay Kumar 1,763 1.47 −26.08
Independent Rajendra Prasad 1,110 0.92
NOTA None of the above 3,639 3.03 −2.02
Majority 113 0.1 −14.02
Turnout 120,166 53.13 −1.39
JD(U) gain from INC Swing


2015[edit | edit source]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sudarshan Kumar 46,406 41.67
RLSP Sheo Kumar 30,689 27.55
Independent Radhey Sharma 8,122 7.29
Independent Ravi Chaudhary 5,789 5.2
NCP Anil Shankar Sinha 4,420 3.97
BSP Preetam Kumari 2,661 2.39
CPI Rajeshwari Prasad 2,460 2.21
Independent Amritash Anand 1,461 1.31
Independent Mritunjay Kumar 1,452 1.3
Independent Yugeshwar Manjhi 1,188 1.07
Independent Krishna Murari Kumar 1,102 0.99
NOTA None of the above 5,626 5.05
Majority 15,717 14.12
Turnout 111,376 54.52


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Nawada 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. ↑ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Barbigha". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Barbigha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

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