Barari Assembly constituency

Barari
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1957
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

25°32′26″N 87°24′26″E / 25.54056°N 87.40722°E / 25.54056; 87.40722

Barari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.It is located near the banks of Kosi river. Nearest railway station is Karhagola Road. Laxmipur aitihashik gurudwara is also located here.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 68. Barari Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Barari, Sameli and Kursela community development blocks.[1]

Barari Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1957 Vasudev Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1969 Muhamad Sakoor Communist Party of India
1972 Indian National Congress
1977 Vasudev Prasad Singh Janata Party
1980 Karuneshwar Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Mansoor Alam Lokdal
1990 Prem Nath Jaiswal Independent politician
1995 Mansoor Alam Janata Dal
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Muhamad Sakoor Nationalist Congress Party
2005 Bibhas Chandra Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015 Neeraj Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Bijay Singh Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barari[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Bijay Singh Nishad 81,752 44.71
RJD Neeraj Kumar 71,314 39.0 −4.14
LJP Bibhash Chandra Choudhary 7,920 4.33
AIMIM Rakesh Kumar Raushan 6,598 3.61
Independent Srikant Mandal 1,943 1.06
NOTA None of the above 3,652 2.0 +0.58
Majority 10,438 5.71 −2.98
Turnout 182,851 67.23 −2.37
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barari[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Neeraj Kumar 71,175 43.14
BJP Bibhash Chandra Choudhary 56,839 34.45
NCP Muhammad Shakur 11,002 6.67
Independent Kailash Sahani 8,484 5.14
Independent Muhammad Israil 3,597 2.18
CPI Dinesh Prasad Yadav 2,406 1.46
Independent Yugal Kishor Sah 2,078 1.26
NOTA None of the above 2,344 1.42
Majority 14,336 8.69
Turnout 164,998 69.6


References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Kadwa Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.