Barbigha Assembly constituency

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Barbigha
Constituency No. 170 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSheikhpura
Lok Sabha constituencyNawada
Established1951
Total electors2,32,576 (2025)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dr. Kumar Puspanjay
Party  JD(U)
AllianceNDA
Elected year2025

Barbigha is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Nawada Lok Sabha constituency.[1] It is the home constituency of Bihar's first chief minister Shri Krishna Singh.

Overview

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Barbigha Constituency comprises CD Blocks Barbigha and Shekhopursarai; Gram Panchayats: Gaway, Audhe, Pain, Lodipur, Kosra, Kusumbha, Kare, Hathiyawan, Mehus & Katari of Sheikhpura CD Block.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1952 Krishna Mohan Pyare Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Shri Krishna Sinha
1962 Leela Devi
1967 Shiv Shankar Singh
1969 Independent politician
1972 Rajo Singh
1977 Nain Tara Dass Janata Party
1980 Mahavir Choudhary Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1995
2000 Ashok Chaudhary
2005
2005 Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia Janata Dal (United)
2010 Gajanand Shahi
2015 Sudarshan Kumar Indian National Congress
2020 Janata Dal (United)
2025 Kumar Puspanjay

Election results

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2025

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2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kumar Pushpanjay 61,882 42.85
INC Trishuldhari Singh 36,389 25.20
Independent Sudarshan Kumar 28,411 19.67
JSP Mukesh Kumar Singh 4,684 3.24
Independent Satish Kumar 2,373 1.64
Independent Sanjay Kumar Prabhat 1,446 1.00
BSP Murari Kumar 1,313 0.90
PP Pawan Kumar 934 0.65
RRP Sikandar Chaudari 785 0.54
NOTA None of the above 6,197 4.29
Majority
Turnout 1,44,414
JD(U) gain from INC Swing

2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Sudarshan Kumar 39,878 33.19
Independent Chandan Kumar 39,765 33.09 −8.58
LJP Madhukar Kumar 18,930 15.75
Independent Rakesh Ranjan 7,139 5.94
Rashtriya Jan Jan Party Gopal Kumar 4,458 3.71
Independent Deepak Kumar Sharma 1,770 1.47
RLSP Mritunjay Kumar 1,763 1.47 −26.08
Independent Rajendra Prasad 1,110 0.92
NOTA None of the above 3,639 3.03 −2.02
Majority 113 0.1 −14.02
Turnout 120,166 53.13 −1.39
JD(U) gain from INC Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sudarshan Kumar 46,406 41.67
RLSP Sheo Kumar 30,689 27.55
Independent Radhey Sharma 8,122 7.29
Independent Ravi Chaudhary 5,789 5.2
NCP Anil Shankar Sinha 4,420 3.97
BSP Preetam Kumari 2,661 2.39
CPI Rajeshwari Prasad 2,460 2.21
Independent Amritash Anand 1,461 1.31
Independent Mritunjay Kumar 1,452 1.3
Independent Yugeshwar Manjhi 1,188 1.07
Independent Krishna Murari Kumar 1,102 0.99
NOTA None of the above 5,626 5.05
Majority 15,717 14.12
Turnout 111,376 54.52

References

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  1. ^ "Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
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