Barkatha Assembly constituency

Barkatha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Barkatha
Constituency No. 20 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Lok Sabha constituency	Kodarma
Established	1977
Total electors	338,721
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amit Kumar Yadav
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Overview

Barkatha Assembly constituency covers: Barkatha and Jainagar Police Stations in Kodarma sub-division; and Ichak Police Station in Hazaribagh Sadar sub-division.^[1]

Barkatha assembly constituency is part of Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Sukhdeo Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India
1985	Lambodar Pathak		Indian National Congress
1990	Khagendra Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Chitranjan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Amit Kumar Yadav
2014	Janki Prasad Yadav		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019	Amit Kumar Yadav[3]		Independent politician
2024			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav	82,221	32.77	10.20
	JMM	Janki Prasad Yadav	78,561	31.31	New
	Independent	Bateshwer Pd. Mehta	39,524	15.75	New
	Lokhit Adhikar Party	Kumkum Devi	12,516	4.99	New
	JLKM	Mahendra Prasad	7,878	3.14	New
	Independent	Ramchandra Prasad	4,387	1.75	New
	Independent	Rajkumar Paswan	4,093	1.63	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,031	0.41	0.26
Margin of victory			3,660	1.46	10.27
Turnout			2,50,905	64.55	2.07
Registered electors			3,88,713		14.76
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	1.52

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amit Kumar Yadav	72,572	34.29	New
	BJP	Janki Prasad Yadav	47,760	22.57	5.73
	JVM(P)	Bateshwar Prasad Mehta	33,526	15.84	16.67
	AIMIM	Mohammad Asraf Ansari	18,416	8.70	New
	CPI	Diganbar Kumar Mehta	5,634	2.66	0.75
	Independent	Ramchandra Prasad	5,323	2.52	New
	RJD	Mohammad Khalid Khalil	4,867	2.30	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,419	0.67	1.97
Margin of victory			24,812	11.72	7.51
Turnout			2,11,618	62.48	2.05
Registered electors			3,38,721		12.20
	Independent gain from JVM(P)		Swing	1.78

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Janki Prasad Yadav	63,336	32.51	11.31
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav	55,129	28.30	0.51
	JMM	Digamber Kumar Mehta	19,282	9.90	3.02
	JD(U)	Bateshwar Prasad Mehta	17,183	8.82	New
	NCP	Mohammad Asraf Ansari	8,101	4.16	New
	CPI	Mahadeo Ram	6,651	3.41	1.74
	Jharkhand Party	Rajendra Prasad	6,592	3.38	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,140	2.64	New
Margin of victory			8,207	4.21	2.38
Turnout			1,94,801	64.53	4.26
Registered electors			3,01,890		28.07
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	4.72

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Kumar Yadav	39,485	27.79	3.54
	JVM(P)	Janki Prasad Yadav	30,117	21.20	New
	SP	Digamber Kumar Mehta	21,119	14.87	New
	INC	Jai Shankar Pathak	11,493	8.09	New
	JMM	Kamal Nayan Singh	9,769	6.88	6.22
	CPI	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta	7,321	5.15	2.53
	Independent	Ram Kishor Mehta	5,127	3.61	New
Margin of victory			9,368	6.59	2.06
Turnout			1,42,062	60.26	4.02
Registered electors			2,35,729		0.80
	BJP hold		Swing	3.54

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chitranjan Yadav	37,052	24.25	3.59
	Independent	Digamber Kumar Mehta	30,129	19.72	New
	RJD	Janki Prasad Yadav	25,781	16.88	3.44
	JMM	Kamal Nayan Singh	20,006	13.09	New
	CPI	Baleshwar Prasad	11,741	7.69	20.91
	Independent	Jaideo Chaudhary	8,740	5.72	New
	CPI(ML)L	Mahendra Das	5,592	3.66	New
Margin of victory			6,923	4.53	3.78
Turnout			1,52,776	64.29	4.46
Registered electors			2,37,637		22.57
	BJP gain from CPI		Swing	4.34

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barkatha^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta	33,169	28.60	New
	BJP	Khagendra Prasad	32,294	27.84	New
	RJD	Janki Prasad Yadav	23,562	20.31	New
	INC	Basudeo Yadav	16,392	14.13	New
	BSP	Tuklal Nayak	5,493	4.74	New
	NCP	Birbal Prasad Mehta	2,863	2.47	New
	Independent	Fuleshwar Ram	1,497	1.29	New
Margin of victory			875	0.75
Turnout			1,15,989	60.79
Registered electors			1,93,875
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature