Barkagaon Assembly constituency
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.
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| Constituency No. 22 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Ramgarh |
| LS constituency | Hazaribagh |
| Total electors | 340,643 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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 Assembly
- 1980: Ramendra Kumar, Communist Party of India[4]
- 1985: Ramendra Kumar, Communist Party of India[5]
- 1990: Ramendra Kumar, Communist Party of India[6]
- 1995: Loknath Mahto, Bharatiya Janata Party[7]
- 2000: Loknath Mahto, Bharatiya Janata Party[8]
- 2005: Loknath Mahto, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Yogendra Sao, Indian National Congress
- 2014: Nirmala Devi, Indian National Congress
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Amba Prasad[9] | Indian National Congress | |
Election Results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amba Prasad | 98,862 | 44.30 |  15.10 | |
| AJSU | Roshan Lal Choudhary | 67,348 | 30.20 | 1.10 | |
| BJP | Loknath Mahto | 31,761 | 14.20 | ||
| JVM(P) | Durga Charan Prasad | 3,347 | 1.50 |  5.60 | |
| JMM(U) | Suresh Mahato | 3,205 | 1.43 | ||
| AIMIM | Pritam Singh | 3,022 | 1.35 | ||
| CPI | Mithilesh Kumar Dangi | 2,710 | 1.21 | ||
| JD(U) | Vinod Kumar Rana | 1,868 | 0.83 | ||
| Rest of the candidates | ~11,500 | 5.00 | |||
| Majority | 31,514 | 14.10 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
- "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.
- Mishra, Alok K. N. (26 August 2015). "Cong MLA arrested near assembly, say colleagues". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India
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