Located in the Sheikhpura district in Bihar, Barbigha is currently being represented by Sudarshan Kumar who retained the seat for the Janata Dal (United) by defeating independent candidate Gajanand Sahi by a razor thin margin of 113 votes in the last general assembly elections to Bihar in 2020. Sudarshan Kumar had won the seat in 2015 on the ticket of Congress. He is the grandson of Rajo Singh who was elected from the seat in 1972 as an independent. Rajo Singh was elected an MP from the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in 1998 and 1999. In 2010 Gajanand Shahi alias Munna Shahi had retained the seat for the Janata Dal (United) by defeating Ashok Choudhary of the Congress by a margin of 3047 votes. Barbigha, which was deserved before the 2010 elections, was won by Ashok Choudhary in 2000 and February elections in 2005. He served as a minister in the Rabri Devi government. He was once sent to the jail for his in connection with murder of veteran Congress leader and former Sheikhpura and Bar...
2025 Assembly Elections Results of Barari Assembly Constituency Party Candidates Votes Polled One of the seven assembly constituencies located in the district of Katihar in Bihar, Barari has elected Bijay Singh Nishad who had won the seat by defeating his nearest rival and incumbent MLA Neeraj Kumar of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by a margin of 10,438 votes in the last general assembly elections to Bihar in 2020. In that election, while Bijay Singh Nishad received 81,752 votes, Neeraj Kumar got 71,314 votes and was followed by LJP’s Bibhasha Chandra Choudhary who received 7,920 votes. Mansoor Alam had earlier claimed the seat in 1985, 1990 and 2000. While his win in 1985 came as a candidate of the Lok Dal, he won the se...