Barkatha 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

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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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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Barkatha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers: Barkatha

Barkatha

Barkatha is a community development block in Barhi subdivision of Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Geography:Barkatha is located at .Surajkund hot spring is from 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)

Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Koderma district and parts of Hazaribagh and Giridih districts.-Assembly segments:...

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Results

Amit Kumar Yadav 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 20 Barakatha assembly constituency in 2009 defeating Janki Prasad Yadav of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha is a state political party in the state of Jharkhand , India . The party formed by former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi. The name of the party roughly translates to 'Jharkhand Progress Front '. The party's formation was announced by Marandi at Hazaribagh on...

.Chitranjan Yadav of BJP defeated Digambar Kumar Mehata, Independent in 2005. Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta of CPI

Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

 defeated Khagendra Prasad of BJP in 2000. Khangendra Prasad of BJP defeated Digambar Kumar Mehata of CPI 1995 and Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta of CPI in 1990. Lambodar Pathak of Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 defeated Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta of CPI in 1985. Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta of CPI defeated Lalita Rajya Laxmi of Congress in 1980. Sokhdeo Yadav 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 Narbadeshwar Singh of Congress in 1977.