About Barachatti Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Barachatti is one of the 243 legislative assembly segments of Bihar and is located in the Gaya district of the state. It belongs to the Gaya (SC) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency. Samta Devi of RJD is the sitting MLA of the Barachatti constituency, who won the seat in the 2015 assembly elections with 70,909 votes. She defeated LJP�s Sudha Devi by a considerable margin of votes 19,126. Samta Devi was a runner up in the Bihar Assembly election 2010. She managed to win this seat, contesting again in the year 2015.
The Election Commission of India enlisted a total of 2,77,142 people in the Barachatti constituency as eligible voters, out of whom 1,43,421 are males and 1,33,701 are females. Only candidates coming from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are eligible to contest the Barachatti assembly seat as this constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Barachatti Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Barachatti assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 228 | Barachatti | (SC) | Jyoti Devi | F | HAM(S) | 72491 | Samata Devi | F | RJD | 66173 |
| 2015 | 228 | Barachatti | (SC) | Samta Devi | F | RJD | 70909 | Sudha Devi | F | LJP | 51783 |
| 2010 | 228 | Barachatti | (SC) | Jyoti Devi | F | JD(U) | 57550 | Samta Devi | F | RJD | 33804 |
| OCT 2005 | 236 | Barachatti | (SC) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | M | JD(U) | 29298 | Samta Devi | F | RJD | 25156 |
| FEB 2005 | 236 | Barachatti | (SC) | Vijay Kumar | M | RJD | 53455 | Vijay Paswan | M | JD(U) | 24243 |
| 2003 | By Polls | Barachatti | (SC) | Samta Devi | F | RJD | 30827 | Rajesh Kumar | M | JD(U) | 23296 |
| 2000 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | Bhagwatee Devi | F | RJD | 26694 | Rajesh Kumar | M | SAP | 16030 |
| 1996 | By Polls | Barachatti | (SC) | Jeetan Ram Manjhee | M | JD | 41404 | Krishna Paswan | M | BJP | 27775 |
| 1995 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | Bhagwati Devi | F | JD | 38610 | Ram Swaroop Paswan | M | BJP | 13611 |
| 1990 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | Umesh Singh | M | IPF | 31823 | G.S. Ramchandra Das | M | INC | 17165 |
| 1985 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | G.S.Ramchander Das | M | INC | 44812 | Ramji Manjhee | M | LKD | 10032 |
| 1980 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | G. S. Ramchandra Dass | M | INC(I) | 24792 | Mohan Ram | M | INC(U) | 22419 |
| 1977 | 254 | Barachatti | (SC) | Bhagwati Devi | F | JNP | 35540 | Ramji Manjhi | M | INC | 8451 |
| 1972 | 247 | Barachatti | (SC) | Mohan Ram | M | INC | 12011 | Bhagwati Devi | M | SOP | 8466 |
| 1969 | 247 | Barachatti | (SC) | Bhagawati Devi | F | SSP | 11927 | Vishnu Charan Bharti | M | INC | 6433 |
| 1967 | 247 | Barachatti | (SC) | V. C. Bharti | M | INC | 10016 | P. Dusadh | M | PSP | 5910 |
| 1962 | 248 | Barachatti | GEN | Mustaque Ali Khan | M | SWA | 8546 | Shreedhar Narain | M | INC | 7530 |
| 1957 | 208 | Barachatti | GEN | Shreedhar Narain | M | PSP | 7160 | Radha Krishna Prasad Sinha | M | INC | 4187 |
Last Updated on Aug 10, 2021