BARH
Constituency no. 18 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called BARH. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 1999
Nitish Kumar
JD(U)
Elections held
12
1962–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 12
Margin, 1999
1,335
0.18% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
RJDVijay Krishna
- Votes
- 3,60,681
- Vote share
- 48.05%
- Behind by
- 1,335
Electors
10,81,353
Total votes polled
7,50,668
Valid votes
7,50,668
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.4%
Full result, 1999
11 candidates · 7,50,668 valid votes
Nitish KumarJD(U)won
3,62,016
48.2%
Vijay KrishnaRJD
3,60,681
48.0%
Shashi DeviCPI(ML)(L)
21,128
2.8%
Tarkeshwar SinghBSP
2,576
0.3%
Sidheshwar Prasad RahiIND
1,609
0.2%
Ranveer SinghIND
596
0.1%
Rajkumar SinghIND
532
0.1%
Mithilesh KumarIND
501
0.1%
Shailendra PaswanRLD
454
0.1%
Janardan PrasadIND
294
0.0%
Dr Arvind KumarJD(S)
281
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | VIJAY KRISHNA | RJD | 4,26,856 | 49.40% | NITISH KUMAR | 37,688 |
| 1999 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 3,62,016 | 48.23% | Vijay Krishna | 1,335 |
| 1998 | NITISH KUMAR | SAP | 3,56,836 | 47.73% | VIJOY KRISHNA | 15,190 |
| 1996 | NITISH KUMAR | SAP | 3,60,156 | 51.46% | VIJAY KRISHNA | 64,854 |
| 1991 | NITISH KUMAR | JD | 4,16,275 | 59.18% | SIDHESHWAR PRASAD | 1,74,539 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
