Barkagaon is assembly constituency number 22 in Jharkhand, in Hazaribag district, and one of the segments of the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Roshan Lal Choudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.9% of the vote, 31,393 votes ahead of Amba Prasad (INC).
- 01Roshan Lal ChoudharyBJP1,24,46846.85%
- 02Amba PrasadINC93,07535.03%
- 03Baleshwar KumarJLKM26,86710.11%
- 04Aman KumarIndependent2,6681.00%
- 05Aniruddh KumarCPI2,3850.90%
- 21 other candidates · 15,038 votesNOTA · 1,179 (0.44%)
Margin 31,393 votes · 11.82% of valid votes
All 26 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,65,680 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roshan Lal ChoudharyMale · 59 yrs | BJP | 1,24,468 | 46.85% |
| 2 | Amba PrasadFemale · 35 yrs | INC | 93,075 | 35.03% |
| 3 | Baleshwar KumarMale · 61 yrs | JLKM | 26,867 | 10.11% |
| 4 | Aman KumarMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 2,668 | 1.00% |
| 5 | Aniruddh KumarMale · 50 yrs | CPI | 2,385 | 0.90% |
| 6 | Md Shamim MiyanMale · 55 yrs | AIMIM | 1,643 | 0.62% |
| 7 | Sohar MahtoMale · 34 yrs | JMM(U) | 1,638 | 0.62% |
| 8 | Md. Gayasuddin AnsariMale · 60 yrs | Independent | 1,591 | 0.60% |
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| 9 | Kameshwar Kumar DasMale · 31 yrs · SC | BSP | 1,330 | 0.50% |
| 10 | Jhaman PrasadMale · 60 yrs | Independent | 1,188 | 0.45% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,179 | 0.44% |
| 11 | Govind BediaMale · 54 yrs · ST | SP | 876 | 0.33% |
| 12 | Prabhu OraonMale · 48 yrs · ST | Independent | 684 | 0.26% |
| 13 | Jhari MundaMale · 42 yrs · ST | Independent | 650 | 0.24% |
| 14 | Md. HasanMale · 46 yrs | AAS | 601 | 0.23% |
| 15 | Durga Charan PrasadMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 587 | 0.22% |
| 16 | Bittu Kumar SinghMale · 36 yrs | RLD | 567 | 0.21% |
| 17 | Raj Kishor ChoudharyMale · 25 yrs | Independent | 508 | 0.19% |
| 18 | Laldew MundaMale · 64 yrs · ST | Independent | 461 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Mukhtar AnsariMale · 30 yrs | JKP | 461 | 0.17% |
| 20 | Vikash KumarMale · 30 yrs | RSMD | 423 | 0.16% |
| 21 | Fuleshwar MahtoMale · 38 yrs | LKHAP | 402 | 0.15% |
| 22 | Jagtar SinghMale · 53 yrs | Independent | 375 | 0.14% |
| 23 | Ranjan SoniMale · 27 yrs | ABASP | 301 | 0.11% |
| 24 | Prakash SoniMale · 39 yrs | BHAZS | 286 | 0.11% |
| 25 | Sunil Kumar Bedia Sundarnath BediaMale · 35 yrs · ST | Independent | 244 | 0.09% |
| 26 | Bhola Nath PrasadMale · 63 yrs | Independent | 222 | 0.08% |
The seat changed hands: INC won in 2019, BJP in 2024.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Barkagaon result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amba Prasad | INC | 98,862 | 44.13% |
| 2 | Roshan Lal Choudhary | AJSUP | 67,348 | 30.06% |
| 3 | Loknath Mahto | BJP | 31,761 | 14.18% |
| 4 | Durga Charan Prasad | JVM | 3,347 | 1.49% |
| 5 | Suresh Mahto | JMM(U) | 3,205 | 1.43% |
| 6 | Pritam Singh | AIMIM | 3,022 | 1.35% |
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| 7 | Mithilesh Kumar Dangi | CPI | 2,710 | 1.21% |
| 8 | Vinod Kumar Rana | JD(U) | 1,868 | 0.83% |
| 9 | Anju Devi | Independent | 1,862 | 0.83% |
| 10 | Baljit Singh | Independent | 1,768 | 0.79% |
| 11 | Saryu Munda | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,101 | 0.49% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 960 | 0.43% |
| 12 | Bittu Kumar Singh | JKP | 878 | 0.39% |
| 13 | Prabhu Oraon | Independent | 810 | 0.36% |
| 14 | Dashrath Soni | Independent | 809 | 0.36% |
| 15 | Sunil Kumar | RJBP | 587 | 0.26% |
| 16 | Bhuneshwar Pramanik | APoI | 568 | 0.25% |
| 17 | Salma Khatoon | TMC | 508 | 0.23% |
| 18 | Geeta Devi | JKPS | 448 | 0.20% |
| 19 | Suraj Kumar | BSP | 429 | 0.19% |
| 20 | Deepak Kumar Das | PPID | 340 | 0.15% |
| 21 | Darshan Ganjhu | Independent | 336 | 0.15% |
| 22 | Arbind Kumar Ojha | Independent | 322 | 0.14% |
| 23 | Vijay Kumar Singh | Independent | 196 | 0.09% |
Barkagaon result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nirmala Devi | INC | 61,817 | 29.24% |
| 2 | Roshan Lal Chaudhary | AJSUP | 61,406 | 29.05% |
| 3 | Sanjeev Kumar | JMM | 32,496 | 15.37% |
| 4 | Ramendra Kumar | CPI | 16,631 | 7.87% |
| 5 | Shivlal Mahto | JVM | 15,068 | 7.13% |
| 6 | Deepak Kumar Das | BSP | 3,851 | 1.82% |
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| 7 | Kartik Mahto | Independent | 3,122 | 1.48% |
| 8 | Gautam Tiwari | Independent | 2,906 | 1.37% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,002 | 0.95% |
| 9 | Heera Gope | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,717 | 0.81% |
| 10 | Shahid Ali | IUML | 1,467 | 0.69% |
| 11 | Manoj Kumar Sinha | NCP | 1,455 | 0.69% |
| 12 | Aniruddh Kumar | SAP | 1,455 | 0.69% |
| 13 | Prabhu Oraon | Independent | 1,114 | 0.53% |
| 14 | Bitu Kumar | JKP | 942 | 0.45% |
| 15 | Anupam Kumar Pathak | Independent | 905 | 0.43% |
| 16 | Binod Rana | BASAPA | 730 | 0.35% |
| 17 | Dropadi Devi | Independent | 688 | 0.33% |
| 18 | Liladhan Saw | Independent | 671 | 0.32% |
| 19 | Anand Kishor Paswan | AAMP | 545 | 0.26% |
| 20 | Mritunjay Vishwakarma | Independent | 422 | 0.20% |
Barkagaon result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogendra Saw | INC | 38,683 | 25.92% |
| 2 | Loknath Mahto | BJP | 37,319 | 25.01% |
| 3 | Roshan Lal Choudhary | AJSUP | 26,945 | 18.05% |
| 4 | Sanjeev Kumar | JMM | 17,990 | 12.05% |
| 5 | Bindhyachal | CPI | 10,329 | 6.92% |
| 6 | Quamuddin Ansari | CPI(ML)(L) | 2,269 | 1.52% |
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| 7 | Krishna Oraon | Independent | 1,897 | 1.27% |
| 8 | Rama Soni | NSAM | 1,757 | 1.18% |
| 9 | Mahabir Tiwari | BSP | 1,672 | 1.12% |
| 10 | Samim Miyan | TMC | 1,642 | 1.10% |
| 11 | Anirudh Kumar | Independent | 1,071 | 0.72% |
| 12 | Ayodhya Pandey | BSA | 1,050 | 0.70% |
| 13 | Ashok Kumar Pathak | Independent | 944 | 0.63% |
| 14 | Satyadeo Ram Dangi | Independent | 920 | 0.62% |
| 15 | Anupam Kumar Pathak | Independent | 902 | 0.60% |
| 16 | Deonath Mahto | Independent | 711 | 0.48% |
| 17 | Prof. Ram Sewak | SP | 667 | 0.45% |
| 18 | Md. Mumtaz | Independent | 605 | 0.41% |
| 19 | Anand Kishore Paswan | Independent | 600 | 0.40% |
| 20 | Mulchand Sahu | Independent | 561 | 0.38% |
| 21 | Shyam Bihari Prajapati | Independent | 413 | 0.28% |
| 22 | Prabhu Oraon | Independent | 299 | 0.20% |
Barkagaon outlined in orange among the other Jharkhand seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Hazaribag district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Barkagaon is one of the assembly segments of Hazaribagh. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Hazaribagh candidates.
- Manish JaiswalBJP1,33,579 52.6%
- Jai Prakash Bhai PatelINC74,548 29.3%
- Sanjay Kumar MehtaIndependent31,639 12.4%
- Shashi Bhushan KeshriIndependent2,900 1.1%
- Aniruddh KumarCPI2,352 0.9%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 59,031 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Barkagaon.
Who won the Barkagaon assembly seat in 2024?
Roshan Lal Choudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Barkagaon in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election with 1,24,468 votes, which was 46.85% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Barkagaon?
The margin was 31,393 votes (11.82% of valid votes). The runner-up was Amba Prasad of the Indian National Congress with 93,075 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Barkagaon in 2024?
Turnout was 68.79%: 2,65,962 of 3,86,652 registered electors voted, across 456 polling stations. That is 2.9 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Barkagaon part of?
Barkagaon is an assembly segment of the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Manish Jaiswal got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Barkagaon a reserved constituency?
No. Barkagaon is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Barkagaon?
The Jharkhand assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Jharkhand assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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