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Barkagaon
Constituency No. 22 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
LS constituency	Hazaribagh
Established	2000
Total electors	340,643
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amba Prasad
Elected year	2019

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 2024

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 Choudhary	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

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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• 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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• Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand
• Ramgarh district
• Politics of Jharkhand
• Constituencies established in 2000
• 2000 establishments in Jharkhand