Barhara Assembly constituency

Barhara Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly seats of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Sandesh, Arrah, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur and Agiaon (SC).^[1]

Barhara Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 193 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghvendra Pratap Singh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020

Area/ Wards

The Barhara Assembly constituency comprises:^[2]

• CD Block Barhara
• Gram Panchayats: Ijri, Sundarpur Barja, Agarsanda, Baghipakar, Basantpur, Dhamar & Khajuria of Arrah CD Block
• Gram Panchayats: Khesrahiya, Mathurapur, Rajapur, Daulatpur, Chanda, Gidha, Birampur & Kayam Nagar of the Koilwar CD Block.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The Barhara Assembly constituency was created in 1951. The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Barhara constituency is as follows:

Year	Member[3]	Party
1952	Ram Vilash Singh		Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
1967	Ambika Sharan Singh		Indian National Congress
1969	Mahanth Mahadeva Nand Giri		Independent politician
1972	Ram Vilash Singh		Indian National Congress
1977	Ambika Sharan Singh		Janata Party
1980	Ramjee Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1985	Raghwendra Pratap Singh		Janata Party
1990			Janata Dal
1995
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Asha Devi		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010	Raghwendra Pratap Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Saroj Yadav
2020	Raghwendra Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barhara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghwendra Pratap Singh
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[4]
	gain from		Swing

References

1. "Arrah 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. "Barhara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
4. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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