The Barhara Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 193 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Janata Dal United (JDU), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress are the main parties in the state. The Barhara Assembly constituency comes under the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Raghvendra Pratap Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the seat by defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Saroj Yadav with a margin of 4,973 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML) candidate Sudama Prasad won from the Arrah Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 59,808 votes by defeating Raj Kumar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Barhara Constituency Demographic Profile
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is being implemented in accordance with the Election Commission of India's order before the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. The objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise. The last intensive revision in Bihar was conducted by the Commission in the year 2003. The Barhara Assembly constituency is a part of the Bhojpur district.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 3,13,857 voters in the Barhara constituency during the 2020 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,73,799 were male and 1,40,049 were female voters. Nine voters belonged to the third gender. 3,015 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Barhara in 2020 was 3,442 (3,342 men and 100 women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Barhara constituency was 2,85,928. Out of this, 1,60,034 voters were male, 1,25,887 were female, and seven belonged to a third gender. There were 93 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Barhara in 2015 was 1,090 (733 men and 357 women).
Barhara Assembly Election 2025: Poll Date
The Barhara constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the first phase on November 6 along with the other 120 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Barhara Assembly Election 2025: Result Date
The result for Barhara will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Barhara Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Sanjay Singh Tiger, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation's Quyamuddin Ansari and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Dr Vijay Kumar Gupta are the main candidates in the Arrah constituency of Bihar. The BJP is in alliance with the Janata Dal United (JDU), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), while the CPI-ML (L) has a pact with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar.
Barhara Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Raghvendra Pratap Singh won the Barhara seat with a margin of 4,973 votes (3.05%). He polled 76,182 votes with a vote share of 46.15%. He defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Saroj Yadav, who got 71,209 votes (43.13%). Independent candidate Asha Devi stood third with 7,203 votes (4.36%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Saroj Yadav won the Barhara seat with a margin of 13,308 votes (9.26%). She polled 65,001 votes with a vote share of 44.34%. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Asha Devi got 51,693 votes (35.26%) and was the runner-up. Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Raghvendra Pratap Singh stood third with 13,638 votes (9.30%).
Barhara Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 2015: Saroj Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2010: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- October, 2005: Asha Devi (Janata Dal United)
- February, 2005: Asha Devi (Janata Dal United)
- 2000: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 1995: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Janata Party)
- 1980: Ramjee Prasad Singh (Congress)
- 1977: Ambika Saran Singh (Janata Party)
Barhara Voter Turnout
In 2020, the total number of valid votes polled in the Barhara Assembly constituency was 1,65,573 or 52.75 per cent. In 2015, the total number of valid votes polled in the Assembly elections was 1,46,634 or 51.28 per cent.
