Bihar, October 30: Barharia is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. The voting in the Barharia constituency was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3.  Counting of votes took place on November 10 and the results were declared on the same day. The term of Bihar assembly will end on November 29. The seat was won by Bachcha Pandey of RJD in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.

The Bihar assembly elections were held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2015 Shyam Bahadur Singh of JD(U) repeated again the results of 2010 and defeated Bachha Pandey of LJP with a margin of 14,583 votes.Belsand Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

The voting for the first phase was on October 28 and it covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting was held on November 3, and covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting was held on November 7 covering a total of 78 assembly seats. The contesting candidates for Barharia Vidhan Sabha Seat were Birbahadur Singh from Lok Jan Shakti Party, Bhartiya Panchyat Party's Mumtaj Alam, Bandana Devi from Rashtriya Lok Samta Party among others.
In 2015 Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal got 80 seats, while Janata Dal (United ) managed to win 71 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 53 seats and Congress won 27 seats.

2020 barharia Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
MUMTAJ ALAMBhartiya Panchyat Party894
MD. TAUSIFIND851
BACHCHA PANDEY (Current MLA)RJD71793
SHYAMBAHADUR SINGHJD(U)68234
UMESH KUMAR SINGHIND564
MUZAFFER IMAMIND3312
RANJEET KUMAR SINGHIND3005
DR. ASHRAF ALIIND2710
RIZWAN AHMADIND2699
ANIL KUMAR GIRIIND1597
MANTU KUMARIND1505
ASHOK KUMAR KUSHWAHAApna Kisan Party1211
BANDANA DEVIRLSPNA
BIRBAHADUR SINGHLJPNA

2015 barharia Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Shyam Bahadur Singh (Current MLA)JD(U)65168
Bachha PandayLJP50585

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