| Barhi | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Jharkhand |
| Loksabha Cons: | Hazaribagh |
| Constituency No: | 21 |
| Established: | 2000 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Mla: | Umashankar Akela |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2019 |
Barhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Barhi police station in Hazaribagh district and Chauparan police station in Hazaribagh district.[1] Barhi assembly constituency is part of Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency). There are four blocks under the jurisdiction of Barhi Assembly constituency- Barhi, Chauparan, Padma in Hazaribagh district and Chandwara in Koderma district. Two new administrative blocks (Padma and Chandwara) were created during the 1990s when Ram Lakhan Singh was the MLA of the constituency. The constituency covers 64 panchyats under these four blocks- Barhi (20 panchayats), Chauparan (26 panchayats), Padma (8 Panchayats) and Chadwara (10 panchayats). Entire Barhi constituency is divided into 318 polling booths.[2]
Earlier Barhi constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rameshwar Prasad Mahato | |||
| 1957 | |||
| I. J. N. Singh | |||
| Rameshwar Prasad Mahato | |||
| Lalita Rajya Lakshmi | |||
| Niranjan Prasad Singh | |||
| 1985 | |||
| Ram Lakhan Sinha | |||
| 2000 | |||
On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.