BARHAIT
Assembly seat no. 149 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.
Winner, 1990
HEM LAL MURMU
JMM
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
JMM
won 3 of 10
Margin, 1990
1,394
1.70% of valid votes
Result, 1990
Runner-up
INCTHOMAN HANSDA
- Votes
- 37,552
- Vote share
- 45.87%
- Behind by
- 1,394
Electors
1,29,634
Total votes polled
81,868
Valid votes
81,868
NOTA votes
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Turnout
63.1%
Full result, 1990
12 candidates · 81,868 valid votes
HEM LAL MURMUJMMwon
38,946
47.6%
THOMAN HANSDAINC
37,552
45.9%
MASIH SORENHJD
1,283
1.6%
KARMA KISKUBJP
905
1.1%
RAMU KISKUIND
865
1.1%
GANOURI MALTOSOPL
803
1.0%
MISIR KISKUIND
426
0.5%
GOBRIEL HEMBROMIML
353
0.4%
MARTIN HEMBROMIND
248
0.3%
KISHAN MURMUIND
233
0.3%
NARAYAN TUDUIND
149
0.2%
MATHIAS TUDUIND
105
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | HEMLAL MURMU | JMM | 66,599 | 67.56% | LOURENS HANSDA | 38,126 |
| 1995 | HEMLAL MURMU | JMM | 42,822 | 46.84% | LORENSE HANSDA | 6,069 |
| 1990 | HEM LAL MURMU | JMM | 38,946 | 47.57% | THOMAN HANSDA | 1,394 |
| 1985 | THOMAS HANSDA | INC | 37,753 | 59.97% | MASIH SOREN | 18,300 |
| 1980 | THOMAS HANSDA | INC(I) | 15,976 | 37.79% | MASIH SOREN | 2,719 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BARHAIT assembly constituency in 2000?
HEMLAL MURMU (JMM) won BARHAIT in 2000, by a margin of 38,126 votes.
Which party has won BARHAIT the most times?
JMM, with 3 of the 10 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BARHAIT gone to the polls?
10 times, from 1962 to 2000.
Who has won BARHAIT the most times?
HEMLAL MURMU, with 2 wins between 1995 and 2000.







