Barhara Election 2025: Barhara, a Bhojpur constituency, mirrors rural Bihar’s wealth contrasts and legacy politics, where RJD and BJP face strong independents amid rising youth and agrarian issues.
Barhara Election Result 2025 OUT: Barhara — nestled in the Ganga floodplain of Bhojpur district — has traditionally leaned on agrarian identity, castes and local strongholds. But in 2025, the key question that arises is, will flood-risk, land-erosion, and commuter spill-over start unravelling old alignments and elevate new issues like connectivity, representational change and infrastructure?
Raghvendra Pratap Singh of BJP has became the new MLA of Barhara.
Raghvendra Pratap Singh of BJP has won the Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election for Barhara and has become the newest MLA with the total votes of 79,593 and margin of 14,403.
Polling in Barhara was conducted on 6 November 2025 (Phase 1). The counting and result announcement are scheduled for 14 November 2025. This election will test the resilience of rural-agrarian politics in a zone increasingly buffeted by environmental and demographic shifts.
The sitting MLA from Barhara is Raghvendra Pratap Singh (BJP) who won in the 2020 election. His performance and local standing will now face scrutiny as voters navigate both legacy factors and emerging challenges.
In 2010, the winner was Raghwendra Pratap Singh (then RJD) with ~46,102 votes, narrowly defeating his rival. That result hinted at local volatility: even then the margin was tight and patterns in flux.
In 2015, Saroj Yadav (RJD) won the seat with ~65,001 votes (~44.34 %) defeating Asha Devi (BJP) at ~51,693. The shift flagged the strength of local castes and agrarian communities rallying around region-specific leadership.
In 2020, the seat was captured by Raghvendra Pratap Singh (BJP) with ~76,182 votes (~46.15 %) defeating Saroj Yadav (RJD) who had ~71,209 votes (~43.13 %). Margin: ~4,973 votes.
In the 2025 polling, Barhara recorded a turnout of approximately 56.95% in Phase 1. While moderate, this shows some engagement — yet the relatively lower turnout still suggests latent gaps in voter mobilisation.
The margin in 2020 was about ~4,973 votes (76,182 vs 71,209) — one of the tighter results in recent cycles. Given such a slim margin, Barhara remains highly competitive and unpredictable in 2025.
Barhara is Constituency No. 193, located in Bhojpur district, and falls under the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency. The region comprises blocks like Barhara, parts of Arrah and Koilwar — merging rural villages, river-belt lands and increasingly commuter zones near Patna.
| Candidate Name | Party Name |
|---|---|
| Ashok Kumar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) |
| Banshidhar Singh | Independent (IND) |
| Dharampal Yadav | Independent (IND) |
| Kajal | Independent (IND) |
| Kisun Prasad | Independent (IND) |
| Raghvendra Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Ranvijay Kumar Singh | Independent (IND) |
| Santosh Kumar Singh | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) |
| Saroj Yadav | Independent (IND) |
| Saurabh Singh Yadav | Jan Suraaj Party |
| Saurav Narang | Independent (IND) |
| Shiv Das Singh | Independent (IND) |
| Surya Bhan Singh | Independent (IND) |
The Barhara Assembly constituency has a total of approximately 3,11,962 registered voters, including 1,67,669 male voters, 1,44,286 female voters, and 7 voters from the third gender.
The Barhara Assembly constituency was established in 1951 and has since become a key rural electorate in Bhojpur. Over time it has seen shifting allegiances, making it less of a safe seat and more of a contest zone.
The primary Pincodes for areas within the Barhara block and general constituency in Bihar are 802311 and 854335.
