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Barkatha Assembly constituency

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Barkatha
Constituency No. 20 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
DistrictHazaribagh
LS constituencyKodarma
Established1977
Total electors338,721
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Elected year2019

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

Overview

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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

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1952 - 2000

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Earlier Barkatha constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Year Member Party
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist
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

2000 - present

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On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

Year Member Party
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

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Assembly election 2024

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2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lokhit Adhikar Party Kumkum Devi 12355
JMM Janki Prasad Yadav 77763
BJP Amit Kumar Yadav 81513
BSP Saryu Prasad Verma 2179
Margin of victory 3750
Turnout
Amit Kumar Yadav hold Swing

Assembly election 2019

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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% Decrease5.73
JVM(P) Bateshwar Prasad Mehta 33,526 15.84% Decrease16.67
AIMIM Mohammad Asraf Ansari 18,416 8.70% New
CPI Diganbar Kumar Mehta 5,634 2.66% Decrease0.75
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% Increase7.51
Turnout 2,11,618 62.48% Decrease2.05
Registered electors 3,38,721 Increase12.20
Independent gain from JVM(P) Swing Increase1.78

Assembly election 2014

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2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JVM(P) Janki Prasad Yadav 63,336 32.51% Increase11.31
BJP Amit Kumar Yadav 55,129 28.30% Increase0.51
JMM Digamber Kumar Mehta 19,282 9.90% Increase3.02
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% Decrease1.74
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% Decrease13.34
Independent Sukhdeo Yadav 2,683 1.38% New
CPI(ML)L Shyam Deo Yadav 2,671 1.37% Decrease0.82
Margin of victory 8,207 4.21% Decrease2.38
Turnout 1,94,801 64.53% Increase4.26
Registered electors 3,01,890 Increase28.07
JVM(P) gain from BJP Swing Increase4.72

Assembly election 2009

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2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Amit Kumar Yadav 39,485 27.79% Increase3.54
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% Decrease6.22
CPI Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta 7,321 5.15% Decrease2.53
Independent Ram Kishor Mehta 5,127 3.61% New
CPI(ML)L Basudeo Yadav 3,112 2.19% Decrease1.47
BSP Ashok Kapardar 2,533 1.78% Decrease0.52
Independent Mahendra Das 2,348 1.65% New
Margin of victory 9,368 6.59% Increase2.06
Turnout 1,42,062 60.26% Decrease4.02
Registered electors 2,35,729 Decrease0.80
BJP hold Swing Increase3.54

Assembly election 2005

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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chitranjan Yadav 37,052 24.25% Decrease3.59
Independent Digamber Kumar Mehta 30,129 19.72% New
RJD Janki Prasad Yadav 25,781 16.88% Decrease3.44
JMM Kamal Nayan Singh 20,006 13.09% New
CPI Baleshwar Prasad 11,741 7.69% Decrease20.91
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% Decrease2.43
Independent Heera Lal Sah 3,373 2.21% New
Independent Ramprasad Ram 1,891 1.24% New
Margin of victory 6,923 4.53% Increase3.78
Turnout 1,52,776 64.29% Increase4.46
Registered electors 2,37,637 Increase22.57
BJP gain from CPI Swing Decrease4.34

Assembly election 2000

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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

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References

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  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.

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