Barkatha Assembly constituency

Barkatha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Barkatha
Constituency No. 20 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
LS constituency	Kodarma
Established	1977
Total electors	338,721
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amit Kumar Yadav
Elected year	2019

Overview

Barkatha Assembly constituency covers: Barkatha and Jainagar Police Stations in Kodarma sub-division; and Ichak Police Station in Hazaribagh Sadar sub-division.^[1]

Barkatha assembly constituency is part of Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1977	Sukhdeo Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India
1985	Lambodar Pathak		Indian National Congress
1990	Khagendra Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India
2005	Chitranjan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Amit Kumar Yadav
2014	Janki Prasad Yadav		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019	Amit Kumar Yadav[3]		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lokhit Adhikar Party	Kumkum Devi
	JMM	Janki Prasad Yadav
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav
	BSP	Saryu Prasad Verma
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amit Kumar Yadav	72,572	34.29%	New
	BJP	Janki Prasad Yadav	47,760	22.57%	5.73
	JVM(P)	Bateshwar Prasad Mehta	33,526	15.84%	16.67
	AIMIM	Mohammad Asraf Ansari	18,416	8.70%	New
	CPI	Diganbar Kumar Mehta	5,634	2.66%	0.75
	Independent	Ramchandra Prasad	5,323	2.52%	New
	RJD	Mohammad Khalid Khalil	4,867	2.30%	New
	AJSU	Pradeep Kumar Mehta	3,677	1.74%	New
	Independent	Ram Prasad	3,094	1.46%	New
	Baliraja Party	Ashok Kumar	2,810	1.33%	New
	BSP	Tuklal Nayak	2,476	1.17%	New
Margin of victory			24,812	11.72%	7.51
Turnout			2,11,618	62.48%	2.05
Registered electors			3,38,721		12.20
	Independent gain from JVM(P)		Swing	1.78

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Janki Prasad Yadav	63,336	32.51%	11.31
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav	55,129	28.30%	0.51
	JMM	Digamber Kumar Mehta	19,282	9.90%	3.02
	JD(U)	Bateshwar Prasad Mehta	17,183	8.82%	New
	NCP	Mohammad Asraf Ansari	8,101	4.16%	New
	CPI	Mahadeo Ram	6,651	3.41%	1.74
	Jharkhand Party	Rajendra Prasad	6,592	3.38%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,140	2.64%	New
	SP	Alakhdeo Singh	2,964	1.52%	13.34
	Independent	Sukhdeo Yadav	2,683	1.38%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Shyam Deo Yadav	2,671	1.37%	0.82
Margin of victory			8,207	4.21%	2.38
Turnout			1,94,801	64.53%	4.26
Registered electors			3,01,890		28.07
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	4.72

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav	39,485	27.79%	3.54
	JVM(P)	Janki Prasad Yadav	30,117	21.20%	New
	SP	Digamber Kumar Mehta	21,119	14.87%	New
	INC	Jai Shankar Pathak	11,493	8.09%	New
	JMM	Kamal Nayan Singh	9,769	6.88%	6.22
	CPI	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta	7,321	5.15%	2.53
	Independent	Ram Kishor Mehta	5,127	3.61%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Basudeo Yadav	3,112	2.19%	1.47
	BSP	Ashok Kapardar	2,533	1.78%	0.52
	Independent	Mahendra Das	2,348	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			9,368	6.59%	2.06
Turnout			1,42,062	60.26%	4.02
Registered electors			2,35,729		0.80
	BJP hold		Swing	3.54

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chitranjan Yadav	37,052	24.25%	3.59
	Independent	Digamber Kumar Mehta	30,129	19.72%	New
	RJD	Janki Prasad Yadav	25,781	16.88%	3.44
	JMM	Kamal Nayan Singh	20,006	13.09%	New
	CPI	Baleshwar Prasad	11,741	7.69%	20.91
	Independent	Jaideo Chaudhary	8,740	5.72%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Mahendra Das	5,592	3.66%	New
	Independent	Tuklal Nayak	4,944	3.24%	New
	BSP	Ashok Kuamr Yadav	3,525	2.31%	2.43
	Independent	Heera Lal Sah	3,373	2.21%	New
	Independent	Ramprasad Ram	1,891	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			6,923	4.53%	3.78
Turnout			1,52,776	64.29%	4.46
Registered electors			2,37,637		22.57
	BJP gain from CPI		Swing	4.34

Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta	33,169	28.60%	New
	BJP	Khagendra Prasad	32,294	27.84%	New
	RJD	Janki Prasad Yadav	23,562	20.31%	New
	INC	Basudeo Yadav	16,392	14.13%	New
	BSP	Tuklal Nayak	5,493	4.74%	New
	NCP	Birbal Prasad Mehta	2,863	2.47%	New
	Independent	Fuleshwar Ram	1,497	1.29%	New
	Independent	Gajanand Singh	719	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			875	0.75%
Turnout			1,15,989	60.79%
Registered electors			1,93,875
	CPI win (new seat)

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See also

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

References

1. "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 10 January 2011.
2. "Kodarma Loksabha Constituency (Jharkhand)". India Study Channel.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
3. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
4. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Sikaripara Election Results 2014 Jharkhand". Elections.in. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

• Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India
• Sukhdeo Yadav victory margin in 1977 election https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/1977/barkatha/
  • http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/six-jvmp-mlas-join-bjp/article6882145.ece

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