Barbigha Assembly constituency

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.

Barbigha
Constituency No. 170 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Lok Sabha constituency	Nawada
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudarshan Kumar
Party	Janta Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Overview

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

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)

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sudarshan Kumar
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing