The coming 2024 assembly election to the Barkatha seat will be held on November 13, 2024.
Contesting Candidates for Barkatha Assembly constituency Assembly Elections 2024
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Current Trends
One of the 81
assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, Barkatha is currently held by Amit Yadav who won it in 2019 as an Independent by
defeating his nearest rival BJP’s Janki Yadav by 24,812 votes. Amit Yadav who
was once with BJP has again joined the party. Janki Prasad Yadav has also joined Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Located in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, Barkatha is one of the six assembly seats that combine to create the Lok Sabha constituency of the Koderma which is currently held by BJP's Annpurna Devi who reatined the seat in 2019 parliamentary general elections.
Electoral History of Barkatha assembly constituency
In 2005 Barkatha was won by
Chitranjan Yadav, father of Amit Yadav, as a BJP candidate. Amit Yadav had won the seat as a BJP candidate
in 2009. Janki Yadav had emerged victorious from the seat in 2014 as a
candidate of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P).