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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.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
2004RJDVIJAY KRISHNAJD(U)NITISH KUMAR37,6884.36%869.5%
1999JD(U)Nitish KumarRJDVijay Krishna1,3350.18%1169.4%
1998SAPNITISH KUMARRJDVIJOY KRISHNA15,1902.03%1068.4%
1996SAPNITISH KUMARJDVIJAY KRISHNA64,8549.27%2364.3%
1991JDNITISH KUMARINCSIDHESHWAR PRASAD1,74,53924.81%4367.9%
1989JDNITISH KUMARINCRAMLAKHAN SINGH YADAV78,34711.25%2467.5%
1984INCPRAKASH CHANDRAICSDHARAMAVEER SINGH2,22,73636.91%1770.7%
1980INC(U)DHARMVIR SINGHJNPKAMLA DEVI31,6066.60%1461.4%
1977BLDSHYAM SUNDER GUPTAINCDHARAMVIR SINGH2,70,28255.15%1170.9%
19711966 boundariesINCDHARAMVIR SINGHNCOTARKESHWARI SINHA31,4408.20%960.4%
19671966 boundariesINCT. SINHAPSPR. L. CHANDAPURI27,4548.73%853.9%
19621961 boundariesINCTARKESHWARI SINHASWANAND KISHORE PRASAD SINGH38,22120.57%549.3%

Rows are matched by constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

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