Barkatha Assembly constituency
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 | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Chitranjan Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | Amit Kumar Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Janki Prasad Yadav | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | |
| 2019 | Amit Kumar Yadav | Independent | |
| 2000 | Bhuvneshwar Prasad Mehta | CPI | |
| 1990-95 | Khagendra Prasad | BJP | |
| 1985 | Lambodar Pathak | INC | |
| 1980 | Bhuvneshwar Prasad Mehta | CPI | |
| 1977 | Sukhdeo Yadav | Janata Party | |
One of the senior leaders from this constituency was Late Sukhdeo Yadav. He contested election from JNP and won with huge margin of 29806 votes. The runner up Narbadeshwar Singh got just 16% of what Sukhdeo Yadav got. This is so far the biggest victory by any leader in Barkatha constituency.
Election Results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Amit Kumar Yadav | 72,572 | 34.29 | ||
| BJP | Janki Prasad Yadav | 47,760 | 22.57 |  5.73 | |
| JVM(P) | Bateshwar Prasad Mehta | 33,526 | 15.84 | 16.66 | |
| AIMIM | Mohammad Ashraf Ansari | 18,416 | 8.70 | new | |
| CPI | Diganbar Kumar Mehta | 5,634 | 2.66 | 0.74 | |
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent gain from JVM(P) | Swing | ||||
References
- "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.
- "Kodarma Loksabha Constituency (Jharkhand)". India Study Channel.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- 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/
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