Barkagaon Assembly constituency

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Barkagaon
Constituency No. 22 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictRamgarh
Lok Sabha constituencyHazaribagh
Established2000
Total electors340,643
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2024

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[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
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
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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[edit | edit source]

Assembly election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Roshan Lal Choudhary 124,468 46.85% Increase32.67
INC Amba Prasad 93,075 35.03% Decrease9.09
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha Baleshwar Kumar 26,867 10.11% New
Independent Aman Kumar 2,668 1.00% New
CPI Aniruddh Kumar 2,385 0.90% Decrease0.31
AIMIM Md Shamim Miyan 1,643 0.62% Decrease0.73
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan) Sohar Mahto 1,638 0.62% Decrease0.81
NOTA None of the Above 1,179 0.44% Increase0.02
Margin of victory 31,393 11.82% Decrease2.25
Turnout 2,65,680 68.82% Increase3.04
Registered electors 3,86,072 Increase13.34
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.72

Assembly election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amba Prasad 98,862 44.13% Increase14.89
AJSU Roshan Lal Choudhary 67,348 30.06% Increase1.02
BJP Loknath Mahto 31,761 14.18% New
JVM(P) Durga Charan Prasad 3,347 1.49% Decrease5.63
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% Decrease6.66
NOTA None of the Above 960 0.43% Decrease0.52
Margin of victory 31,514 14.07% Increase13.87
Turnout 2,24,045 65.77% Decrease0.10
Registered electors 3,40,643 Increase6.12
INC hold Swing Increase14.89

Assembly election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nirmala Devi 61,817 29.24% Increase3.40
AJSU Roshan Lal Chaudhary 61,406 29.04% Increase11.05
JMM Sanjeev Kumar 32,496 15.37% Increase3.35
CPI Ramendra Kumar 16,631 7.87% Increase0.97
JVM(P) Shivlal Mahto 15,068 7.13% New
BSP Deepak Kumar Das 3,851 1.82% New
Independent Kartik Mahto 3,122 1.48% New
NOTA None of the Above 2,002 0.95% New
Margin of victory 411 0.19% Decrease0.72
Turnout 2,11,447 65.87% Increase11.07
Registered electors 3,21,008 Increase17.49
INC hold Swing Increase3.40

Assembly election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Yogendra Sao 38,683 25.83% Increase6.79
BJP Loknath Mahto 37,319 24.92% Decrease4.22
AJSU Roshan Lal Choudhary 26,945 17.99% New
JMM Sanjeev Kumar 17,990 12.01% Increase2.31
CPI Bindhyachal 10,329 6.90% Decrease7.89
CPI(ML)L Quamuddin Ansari 2,269 1.52% Decrease0.49
Independent Krishna Oraon 1,897 1.27% New
Margin of victory 1,364 0.91% Decrease9.19
Turnout 1,49,740 54.80% Decrease4.15
Registered electors 2,73,225 Decrease0.73
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease3.31

Assembly election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Loknath Mahto 47,283 29.14% Decrease6.77
INC Yogendra Sao 30,902 19.05% Increase12.98
CPI Ramendra Kumar 23,992 14.79% Decrease11.84
Independent Shivlal Mahto 18,258 11.25% New
JMM Sanjeev Kumar 15,751 9.71% Increase2.80
CPI(ML)L Pairu Pratap Ram 3,254 2.01% Decrease0.62
BSP Darshan Ganjhu 3,233 1.99% New
Margin of victory 16,381 10.10% Increase0.81
Turnout 1,62,246 58.95% Increase11.73
Registered electors 2,75,221 Increase14.05
BJP hold Swing Decrease6.77

Assembly election 2000[edit | edit source]

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
Margin of victory 10,579 9.28%
Turnout 1,13,955 47.92%
Registered electors 2,41,318
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Mishra, Alok K. N. (26 August 2015). "Cong MLA arrested near assembly, say colleagues". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  • Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India [1]

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