Vidhan Sabha constituency in Jharkhand
Barkagaon Assembly constituency is: an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand under Hazaribagh district. It consists of three blocks namely Barkagaon, Keredari and Patratu.
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." 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 the Legislative Assembly※
Election Results※
Assembly election 2019※
2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
INC
|
Amba Prasad
|
98,862
|
44.13%
|
14.89
|
|
AJSU
|
Roshan Lal Choudhary
|
67,348
|
30.06%
|
1.02
|
|
BJP
|
Loknath Mahto
|
31,761
|
14.18%
|
New
|
|
JVM(P)
|
Durga Charan Prasad
|
3,347
|
1.49%
|
5.63
|
|
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)
|
Suresh Mahto
|
3,205
|
1.43%
|
New
|
|
AIMIM
|
Pritam Singh
|
3,022
|
1.35%
|
New
|
|
CPI
|
Mithilesh Kumar Dangi
|
2,710
|
1.21%
|
6.66
|
|
JD(U)
|
Vinod Kumar Rana
|
1,868
|
0.83%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Anju Devi
|
1,862
|
0.83%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Baljit Singh
|
1,768
|
0.79%
|
New
|
Margin of victory
|
31,514
|
14.07%
|
13.87
|
Turnout
|
2,24,045
|
65.77%
|
0.10
|
Registered electors
|
3,40,643
|
|
6.12
|
|
INC hold
|
Swing
|
14.89
|
|
Assembly election 2014※
2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
INC
|
Nirmala Devi
|
61,817
|
29.24%
|
3.40
|
|
AJSU
|
Roshan Lal Chaudhary
|
61,406
|
29.04%
|
11.05
|
|
JMM
|
Sanjeev Kumar
|
32,496
|
15.37%
|
3.35
|
|
CPI
|
Ramendra Kumar
|
16,631
|
7.87%
|
0.97
|
|
JVM(P)
|
Shivlal Mahto
|
15,068
|
7.13%
|
New
|
|
BSP
|
Deepak Kumar Das
|
3,851
|
1.82%
|
0.70
|
|
Independent
|
Kartik Mahto
|
3,122
|
1.48%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Gautam Tiwari
|
2,906
|
1.37%
|
New
|
|
NOTA
|
None of the Above
|
2,002
|
0.95%
|
New
|
|
CPI(ML)L
|
Heera Gope
|
1,717
|
0.81%
|
0.70
|
|
IUML
|
Shahid Ali
|
1,467
|
0.69%
|
New
|
Margin of victory
|
411
|
0.19%
|
0.72
|
Turnout
|
2,11,447
|
65.87%
|
11.07
|
Registered electors
|
3,21,008
|
|
17.49
|
|
INC hold
|
Swing
|
3.40
|
|
Assembly election 2009※
2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
INC
|
Yogendra Sao
|
38,683
|
25.83%
|
6.79
|
|
BJP
|
Loknath Mahto
|
37,319
|
24.92%
|
4.22
|
|
AJSU
|
Roshan Lal Choudhary
|
26,945
|
17.99%
|
16.07
|
|
JMM
|
Sanjeev Kumar
|
17,990
|
12.01%
|
2.31
|
|
CPI
|
Bindhyachal
|
10,329
|
6.90%
|
7.89
|
|
CPI(ML)L
|
Quamuddin Ansari
|
2,269
|
1.52%
|
0.49
|
|
Independent
|
Krishna Oraon
|
1,897
|
1.27%
|
New
|
|
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha
|
Rama Soni
|
1,757
|
1.17%
|
New
|
|
BSP
|
Mahabir Tiwari
|
1,672
|
1.12%
|
0.88
|
|
AITC
|
Samim Miyan
|
1,642
|
1.10%
|
New
|
Margin of victory
|
1,364
|
0.91%
|
9.19
|
Turnout
|
1,49,740
|
54.80%
|
4.15
|
Registered electors
|
2,73,225
|
|
0.73
|
|
INC gain from BJP
|
Swing
|
3.31
|
|
Assembly election 2005※
2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
BJP
|
Loknath Mahto
|
47,283
|
29.14%
|
6.77
|
|
INC
|
Yogendra Sao
|
30,902
|
19.05%
|
12.98
|
|
CPI
|
Ramendra Kumar
|
23,992
|
14.79%
|
11.84
|
|
Independent
|
Shivlal Mahto
|
18,258
|
11.25%
|
New
|
|
JMM
|
Sanjeev Kumar
|
15,751
|
9.71%
|
2.80
|
|
CPI(ML)L
|
Pairu Pratap Ram
|
3,254
|
2.01%
|
0.62
|
|
BSP
|
Darshan Ganjhu
|
3,233
|
1.99%
|
0.16
|
|
AJSU
|
Puran Ram Sahu
|
3,118
|
1.92%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Premchand Choudhary
|
2,696
|
1.66%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Md Tahir Hussian
|
1,557
|
0.96%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Baleshwar Mehta
|
1,404
|
0.87%
|
New
|
Margin of victory
|
16,381
|
10.10%
|
0.81
|
Turnout
|
1,62,246
|
58.95%
|
11.73
|
Registered electors
|
2,75,221
|
|
14.05
|
|
BJP hold
|
Swing
|
6.77
|
|
Assembly election 2000※
2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barkagaon
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
BJP
|
Loknath Mahto
|
40,921
|
35.91%
|
New
|
|
CPI
|
Puran Ram Shahu
|
30,342
|
26.63%
|
New
|
|
Marxist Co-Ordination
|
Mithilesh Kumar Singh
|
10,882
|
9.55%
|
New
|
|
JMM
|
Shivlal Mahto
|
7,876
|
6.91%
|
New
|
|
RJD
|
Girdhari Gope
|
7,860
|
6.90%
|
New
|
|
INC
|
Idris Ansari
|
6,908
|
6.06%
|
New
|
|
CPI(ML)L
|
Guni Ouran
|
2,993
|
2.63%
|
New
|
|
Independent
|
Gobind Ganjhu
|
2,945
|
2.58%
|
New
|
|
BSP
|
Dwarika Bedia
|
2,086
|
1.83%
|
New
|
Margin of victory
|
10,579
|
9.28%
|
|
Turnout
|
1,13,955
|
47.92%
|
|
Registered electors
|
2,41,318
|
|
|
|
BJP win (new seat)
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See also※
References※
- 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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