Barkatha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Overview
Barkatha Assembly constituency covers: Barkatha and Jainagar Police Stations in Kodarma sub-division; and Ichak Police Station in Hazaribagh Sadar sub-division.
Barkatha assembly constituency is part of Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency).
Barkatha constituency was established in 1977. The very first MLA from this constituency was Shri Sukhdeo Yadav who won by a record margin- a record which stands tall till today.
Members of Legislative Assembly YearMemberPartyBihar Legislative Assembly1977Sukhdeo Yadav1980Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta1985Lambodar Pathak1990Khagendra Prasad2000Bhubneshwar Prasad MehtaJharkhand Legislative Assembly2005Chitranjan Yadav2009Amit Kumar Yadav2014Janki Prasad Yadav2019Amit Kumar Yadav2024
Election results Assembly Election 2024
Assembly Election 2019
Assembly Election 2014
Assembly Election 2009
Assembly Election 2005
Assembly Election 2000
See also Vidhan Sabha List of states of India by type of legislature
References
Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India Sukhdeo Yadav victory margin in 1977 election https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/1977/barkatha/ thehindu.com