Barari Assembly constituency

25°32′26″N 87°24′26″E

Barari
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Bijay Singh Nishad
	LJP	Bibhash Chandra Choudhary
	RJD	Neeraj Kumar
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing