Barh Assembly constituency

Barh Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Munger Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies.^[1] Barh is in the 14 assembly segments which fall under Patna district.^[2]

Barh
Constituency No. 179 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gyanendra Kumar Singh Gyanu
Party	Bharatiya Janata party
Elected year	2020

Overview

Barh comprises CD Blocks Athmalgola, Belchi & Barh; Gram Panchayats Dhiwar, Parsawan, Goasa Shekhpura & Bihari Bigha of Pandarak CD Block.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Ramyatan Singh
1962	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh
1967	Tarini Prasad Singh		Jan Kranti Dal
1969	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Dwarika Nath Singh
1977	Rana Sheolakh Pati Singh		Janata Party
1980	Vishwa Mohan Choudhry		Independent politician
1985	Bhuvneshwar Singh		Indian National Congress
1990	Vijay Krishna Singh		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Bhuvneshwar Singh		Samata Party
2005	Lovely Anand		Janata Dal (United)
2005	Gyanendra Kumar Singh
2010
2015			Bharatiya Janata Party
2020

Election results

2020

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Barh^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gyanendra Kumar Singh	53,129	47.01
	RJD	Vijay Krishna	33734	29.85