About Barhara Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Located in the Bhojpur district and a part of the Arrah Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Bihar, Barhara is a legislative assembly segment of the state. In the 2010 legislative assembly elections of Bihar, RJD's Raghwendra Pratap Singh captured the Barhara seat with 46,102 votes. Asha Devi of JD (U) trailed Singh by just 1,083 votes and settled as the runner-up. The Barhara assembly constituency accommodates a total of 2,57,050 eligible voters, with 1,43,279 being males and 1,13,765 females.
The Barhara assembly segment consists of Barhara community development block; Ijri, Sundarpur Barja, Agarsanda, Baghipakar, Basantpur, Dhamar and Khajuria gram panchayats of Arrah community development block; Khesrahiya, Mathurapur, Rajapur, Daulatpur, Chanda, Gidha, Birampur and Kayamnagar gram panchayats of Koilwar community development block.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Barhara Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Barhara assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 193 | Barhara | GEN | Raghavendra Singh | M | BJP | 76182 | Saroj Yadav | F | RJD | 71209 |
| 2015 | 193 | Barhara | GEN | Saroj Yadav | F | RJD | 65001 | Aasha Devi | F | BJP | 51693 |
| 2010 | 193 | Barhara | GEN | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | M | RJD | 46102 | Asha Devi | F | JD(U) | 45019 |
| OCT 2005 | 197 | Barhara | GEN | Asha Devi | F | JD(U) | 41129 | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | M | RJD | 37945 |
| FEB 2005 | 197 | Barhara | GEN | Asha Devi | F | JD(U) | 34010 | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | M | RJD | 29919 |
| 2000 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | M | RJD | 47867 | Bhai Brahmeshwar | M | SAP | 41284 |
| 1995 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | M | JD | 32869 | Brahmeshwar Singh | M | BPP | 22853 |
| 1990 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Radhvender Partap Singh | M | JD | 43365 | Jaj Singh | M | IPF | 24430 |
| 1985 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | M | JNP | 40689 | Vanarshi Devi | F | INC | 27634 |
| 1980 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Ramjee Prasad Singh | M | INC(I) | 24257 | Raghuwendra Pratap Singh | M | JNP(JP) | 23869 |
| 1977 | 215 | Barhara | GEN | Ambika Saran Singh | M | JNP | 36853 | Sheo Murat Yadav | M | INC | 15485 |
| 1972 | 213 | Barhara | GEN | Ram Vilash Singh | M | NCO | 19473 | Maha Deva Nand Giri | M | INC | 10746 |
| 1969 | 213 | Barhara | GEN | Mahanth Mahadeva Nand Giri | M | IND | 18512 | Ram Vilas Singh | M | INC | 17597 |
| 1967 | 213 | Barhara | GEN | A. S. Singh | M | INC | 21791 | M. M. N. Giri | M | IND | 20243 |
| 1951 | 37 | Barhara | GEN | Rambilas Sinha | M | RRP | 3927 | Harinandan Singh | M | INC | 3438 |
Last Updated on Aug 10, 2021