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Barkagaon

Name: Barkagaon
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 2000

241,318

Electors

113,955

Votes polled

47.22%

Turnout

10,579

Margin

Winner

Loknath Mahto

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Loknath Mahto Won Male	BJP	40,921	35.91%
2	Puran Ram Shahu Male	CPI	30,342	26.63%
3	Mithilesh Kumar Singh Male	MCO	10,882	9.55%
4	Shiv Lal Mahto Male	JMM	7,876	6.91%
5	Girdhari Gope Male	RJD	7,860	6.90%
6	Idris Ansari Male	INC	6,908	6.06%
7	Guni Ouran Female	CPI(ML)(L)	2,993	2.63%
8	Gobind Ganjhu Male	IND	2,945	2.58%
9	Dwarika Bedia Male	BSP	2,086	1.83%
10	Rampyare Prajapati Male	IND	387	0.34%
11	Raghubir Tiwari Male	IND	278	0.24%
12	Kalim Ansari Male	NCP	257	0.23%
13	Miya Jan Mian Male	JKP	220	0.19%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2000	Loknath Mahto Male BJP	35.91%	Puran Ram Shahu Male CPI	26.63%
1995	Lok Nath Mahto Male BJP	38.51%	Ramendra Kumar Male CPI	25.90%
1990	Ramendra Kumar Male CPI	28.71%	Rakesh Prasad Male BJP	24.77%
1985	Ramendra Kumar Male CPI	42.00%	Ram Kumar Ojha Male INC	34.75%
1980	Ramendra Kumar Male CPI	39.33%	Kailash Pati Singh Male INC(I)	14.98%
1977	Kailash Pati Singh Male JnP	46.69%	Ramendra Kumar Male CPI	32.15%
1972	Mahesh Ram Male BJS	52.50%	Arjun Ram Male INC	37.52%
1969	Mahesh Ram Male JAP	55.02%	Arjun Ram Male INC	19.09%
1967	M. Ram Male BJS	60.74%	N. R. Chamar Male INC	39.26%
1962	Shasank Manjari Female SWA	80.15%	Upendra Prasad Male INC	14.96%
1957	Sashank Manjari Female CNPSPJP	75.17%	Ram Jnani Male INC	24.83%
1951	Kamakhya Narain Singh Male CNSPJP	48.42%	Krishna Ballabh Sahai Male INC	45.96%