Barh
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1957
Abolished2008

Barh Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar from 1977 to 2004.

Bihar's future CM Nitish Kumar was elected five times from Barh (बाढ़), from 1989 to 1999. He lost from Barh in 2004 but won that year from Nalanda.[1] Tarkeshwari Sinha was another prominent politician from Bihar to have represented this seat.

Members of Lok Sabha

Year Member Party
1952: Seat did not exist
1957 Tarkeshwari Sinha Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1971 Dharam Bir Sinha
1977 Shyam Sundar Gupta Janata Party
1980 Dharam Bir Sinha Indian National Congress (U)
1984 Prakash Chandra Yadav Indian National Congress
1989 Nitish Kumar Janata Dal
1991
1996 Samata Party
1998
1999 Janata Dal (United)
2004 Vijay Krishna Rashtriya Janata Dal
2008 onwards: See Patna Sahib

Election results

1996 Election

  • Nitish Kumar (SAP) : 3,60,156 votes[2]
  • Vijay Krishna (JD) : 2,95,302

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Barh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Vijay Krishna 426,856 49.40
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 3,89,168 45.04
BSP Anandi Mahto 16,240 1.88
CPI(ML)L Mithilesh Yadav 12,940 1.50
IND. Satendra Kumar Singh 7,983 0.92
Majority 37,688 4.36
Turnout 8,64,102 69.53
RJD gain from Janata Dal (United) Swing

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  2. ↑ "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  3. ↑ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  4. ↑ "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  5. ↑ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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