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Barhi Assembly constituency

Barhi
Constituency No. 21 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
LS constituency	Hazaribagh
Established	2000
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Umashankar Akela
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Barhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian stateofJharkhand.

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

Election results[edit]

Umashankar Akela of BJP won in the Barhi assembly constituency defeating Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress in 2009.^[3] Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress defeated Umashankar Akela representing SP in 2005, and Mahaveer Sahu of BJP in 2000 and 1995. Ram Lakhan Singh of CPI defeated Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress in 1990. Niranjan Prasad Singh of Congress defeated Ram Lakhan Singh of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Lalita Rajya Lakshmi of Janata Party defeated Matinul Hasan of Congress in 1977.^[4][5]

Assembly election 2019[edit]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi^[6]

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[edit]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi^[7]

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[edit]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi^[8]

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[edit]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barhi^[9]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References[edit]

• 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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