Barhi is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in the India

India

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States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

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Barhi police station in Hazaribagh district and Chauparan

Chauparan

Chauparan is a town in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located near the Jharkhand–Bihar border.-Geography:Chauparan is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Transport:Chauparan is on NH 2, Grand Trunk Road...

 police station in Kodarma district.

Barhi assembly constituency is part of Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Ramgarh district and part of Hazaribagh district-Assembly segments:...

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Results

Umashankar Akela of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 won in the Barhi assembly constituency defeating Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 2009.Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress defeated Umashankar Akela representing SP

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

 in 2005, and Mahaveer Sahu of BJP in 2000 and 1995. Ram Lakhan Sinha of CPI

Communist Party of India

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 defeated Manoj Kumar Yadav of Congress in 1990. Niranjan Prasad Singh of Congress defeated Ram Lakhan Sinha of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Lalita Rajya Lakshmi of Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

defeated Matinul Hasan of Congress in 1977.