Barhi Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Jharkhand legislative assembly in India
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Barhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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| Constituency No. 21 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hazaribagh |
| Established | 2000 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Overview
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
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||
| 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 Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1995 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | |||
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2005 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Umashankar Akela | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2019 | Umashankar Akela | ||
| 2024 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
Assembly election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Manoj Kumar Yadav | 113,274 | 51.09 |  10.62 | |
| INC | Arun Sahu | 63,983 | 28.86 |  17.92 | |
| SP | Umashankar Akela | 23,629 | 10.66 | New | |
| JLKM | Krishn Kumar Yadav | 4,897 | 2.21 | New | |
| Independent | Ramashish Singh | 3,056 | 1.38 | New | |
| Independent | Avinash Kumar | 2,352 | 1.06 | New | |
| Independent | Virju Paswan | 2,273 | 1.03 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,508 | 0.68 | 0.37 | |
| Margin of victory | 49,291 | 22.23 | 15.93 | ||
| Turnout | 2,21,693 | 66.15 | 3.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,35,144 | 16.41 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 4.31 |
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Assembly election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Umashankar Akela | 84,358 | 46.78 | 13.65 | |
| BJP | Manoj Kumar 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 | None of the Above | 1,898 | 1.05 | 1.03 | |
| 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 |
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Assembly election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Kumar 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 | |
| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,629 | 2.08 | 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 |
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Assembly election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Umashankar Akela | 60,044 | 46.53 | 42.96 | |
| INC | Manoj Kumar 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 | |
| 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 |
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Assembly election 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Manoj Kumar 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(K) | Abdul Razak Ansari | 1,483 | 1.17 | 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 |
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Assembly election 2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Manoj Kumar 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) | |||||