Barbigha Assembly constituency

Barbigha
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
Total electors	232,576
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dr. Kumar Puspanjay
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025

Barbigha is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Nawada Lok Sabha constituency. It is the home constituency of Bihar's first chief minister Shri Krishna Singh.

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Shri Krishna Sinha	Indian National Congress
1957	Shri Krishna Sinha	Indian National Congress
1962	Leela Devi	Indian National Congress
1967	Shiv Shankar Singh	Independent politician
1969	Shiv Shankar Singh	Independent politician
1972	Rajo Singh	Independent politician
1977	Nain Tara Dass	Janata Party
1980	Mahavir Choudhary	Indian National Congress
1985	Mahavir Choudhary	Indian National Congress
1990	Mahavir Choudhary	Indian National Congress
1995	Mahavir Choudhary	Indian National Congress
2000	Ashok Choudhary	Indian National Congress
February 2005	Ashok Choudhary	Indian National Congress
October 2005	Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia	Janata Dal (United)
2010	Gajanand Shahi	Janata Dal (United)
2015	Sudarshan Kumar	Indian National Congress
2020	Sudarshan Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
2025	Kumar Puspanjay	Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kumar Puspanjay	61,882	42.85	+9.66
	INC	Trishuldhari Singh	36,389	25.2	−7.89
	Independent	Sudarshan Kumar	28,411	19.67
	JSP	Mukesh Kumar Singh	4,684	3.24
	Independent	Satish Kumar	2,373	1.64
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Prabhat	1,446	1.0
	BSP	Murari Kumar	1,313	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	6,197	4.29	+1.26
Majority			25,493	17.65	+17.55
Turnout			144,414	62.09	+8.96
	JD(U) gain from INC		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sudarshan Kumar	39,878	33.19
	INC	Gajanand Shahi	39,765	33.09	−8.58
	LJP	Madhukar Kumar	18,930	15.75
	Independent	Rakesh Ranjan	7,139	5.94
	Rashtriya Jan Jan Party	Gopal Kumar	4,458	3.71
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Sharma	1,770	1.47
	RLSP	Mritunjay Kumar	1,763	1.47	−26.08
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad	1,110	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	3,639	3.03	−2.02
Majority			113	0.1	−14.02
Turnout			120,166	53.13	−1.39
	JD(U) gain from INC		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Barbigha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sudarshan Kumar	46,406	41.67
	RLSP	Sheo Kumar	30,689	27.55
	Independent	Radhey Sharma	8,122	7.29
	Independent	Ravi Chaudhary	5,789	5.2
	NCP	Anil Shankar Sinha	4,420	3.97
	BSP	Preetam Kumari	2,661	2.39
	CPI	Rajeshwari Prasad	2,460	2.21
	Independent	Amritash Anand	1,461	1.31
	Independent	Mritunjay Kumar	1,452	1.3
	Independent	Yugeshwar Manjhi	1,188	1.07
	Independent	Krishna Murari Kumar	1,102	0.99
	NOTA	None of the above	5,626	5.05
Majority			15,717	14.12
Turnout			111,376	54.52

References

↑ "Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
↑ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
↑ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Barbigha". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
↑ "Barbigha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

External links

"Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

25°13′N 85°44′E / 25.22°N 85.73°E / 25.22; 85.73

[election2014-1] "Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[commission-2] "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

[2025_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_Election_Results:_Barbigha-3] "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Barbigha". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[election2020-4] "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.

[Barbigha_Constituency_Election_Results_2015_-_2025-5] "Barbigha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

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