Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Barh (Bihar) was won by Vijay Krishna (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 37,688 votes over Nitish Kumar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Barh, Bihar, from 1957 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1957–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Tarkeshwari Devi
Indian National Congress
78,929
47.0%
Ram Lakhan Chandapuri (Praja Socialist Party)
41,299 (24.6 pts)
1962
Tarkeshwari Sinha
Indian National Congress
103,802
55.9%
Nand Kishore Prasad Singh (Swatantra Party)
38,221 (20.6 pts)
1967
T. Sinha
Indian National Congress
107,020
34.0%
R. L. Chandapuri (Praja Socialist Party)
27,454 (8.7 pts)
1971
Dharamvir Singh
Indian National Congress
184,484
48.1%
Tarkeshwari Sinha (Congress (O))
31,440 (8.2 pts)
1977
Shyam Sunder Gupta
Bharatiya Lok Dal
372,227
75.9%
Dharamvir Singh (Indian National Congress)
270,282 (55.1 pts)
1980
Dharmvir Singh
Congress (U)
192,407
40.2%
Kamla Devi (Janata Party)
31,606 (6.6 pts)
1984
Prakash Chandra
Indian National Congress
384,719
63.7%
Dharamaveer Singh (ICS)
222,736 (36.9 pts)
1989
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal
368,972
53.0%
Ramlakhan Singh Yadav (Indian National Congress)
78,347 (11.2 pts)
1991
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal
416,275
59.2%
Sidheshwar Prasad (Indian National Congress)
174,539 (24.8 pts)
1996
Nitish Kumar
SAP
360,156
51.5%
Vijay Krishna (Janata Dal)
64,854 (9.3 pts)
1998
Nitish Kumar
SAP
356,836
47.7%
Vijoy Krishna (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
15,190 (2.0 pts)
1999
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
362,016
48.2%
Vijay Krishna (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
1,335 (0.2 pts)
2004
Vijay Krishna
Rashtriya Janata Dal
426,856
49.4%
Nitish Kumar (Janata Dal (United))
37,688 (4.4 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tarkeshwari Devi
Indian National Congress
78,929
47.0%
Ram Lakhan Chandapuri
Praja Socialist Party
37,630
22.4%
Parmatma Singh
Independent
30,431
18.1%
Kamal Narin Chaudhary
Independent
11,541
6.9%
Ramlakhan Singh
CNSPJP
9,456
5.6%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tarkeshwari Sinha
Indian National Congress
103,802
55.9%
Nand Kishore Prasad Singh
Swatantra Party
65,581
35.3%
Vasdeo Singh
Socialist Party
7,161
3.9%
Bodh Narain Prasad
Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh
4,635
2.5%
Ramnandan Singh
Independent
4,608
2.5%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
T. Sinha
Indian National Congress
107,020
34.0%
R. L. Chandapuri
Praja Socialist Party
79,566
25.3%
R. L. Sharma
Independent
51,611
16.4%
S. N. Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
20,706
6.6%
C. P. Singh
Samyukta Socialist Party
18,328
5.8%
J. S. Rathaur
Independent
15,310
4.9%
Chandramani
Independent
11,535
3.7%
S.Prasad
Independent
10,360
3.3%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dharamvir Singh
Indian National Congress
184,484
48.1%
Tarkeshwari Sinha
Congress (O)
153,044
39.9%
Ram Lakhan Chandapuri
Independent
16,327
4.3%
Ram Devan Das
HSD
13,531
3.5%
Ram Sharan Prasad Singh
Praja Socialist Party
9,134
2.4%
Ramji Prasad Singh
Independent
2,574
0.7%
Shyam Narayan Singh
Independent
1,861
0.5%
Kanhaiya Singh
Independent
1,512
0.4%
Jai Narayan Singh
Independent
1,060
0.3%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shyam Sunder Gupta
Bharatiya Lok Dal
372,227
75.9%
Dharamvir Singh
Indian National Congress
101,945
20.8%
Bishnudhari Lal
Independent
4,697
1.0%
Ram Sharan Prasad Alias Bhola Prasad
Independent
3,752
0.8%
Lakshmi Narayan Prasad
Independent
1,895
0.4%
Shankutla Devi Mathur
Independent
1,895
0.4%
Ramchandra Prasad
Independent
1,269
0.3%
Ramchandra Yadav
Independent
746
0.2%
Devendra Kumar Yadav
Independent
660
0.1%
Mukteshwar Prasad
Independent
581
0.1%
Chandra Kant Kumar
Independent
461
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dharmvir Singh
Congress (U)
192,407
40.2%
Kamla Devi
Janata Party
160,801
33.6%
Ram Raj Prasad Singh
Congress (I)
102,566
21.4%
Vijayanand Puri
Independent
5,449
1.1%
Nepali Gope
Independent
3,387
0.7%
Vrahmdeo Prasad
Independent
3,018
0.6%
Lakshmi Narayan Prasad
Independent
2,019
0.4%
Deo Kumar Singh
Independent
1,956
0.4%
Jhari Das
RPI
1,863
0.4%
Sitaram Paswan
Independent
1,577
0.3%
Ajit Kumar Sinha
Independent
1,468
0.3%
Taneshwar Prasad
Independent
1,330
0.3%
Satyadeo Prasad
Independent
714
0.1%
Vinod Rabidas
Independent
570
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prakash Chandra
Indian National Congress
384,719
63.7%
Dharamaveer Singh
ICS
161,983
26.8%
Ram Khelawan Rai
Bharatiya Janata Party
40,569
6.7%
Prabhat Kumar
Independent
3,915
0.6%
Neel Kamal
Independent
2,721
0.5%
Narsingh Singh
Independent
1,838
0.3%
Gyanoo Singh
Independent
1,641
0.3%
Nabal Kishore Ram
Independent
1,415
0.2%
Ram Naresh Prasad Singh
Independent
1,089
0.2%
Dina Nath Singh
Independent
775
0.1%
Sanjay Prasad Singh
Independent
601
0.1%
Rajendra Singh
Independent
596
0.1%
Jagdish Thakur
Independent
486
0.1%
Ram Punit Bhagat
Independent
411
0.1%
Maheshwar Singh
Independent
383
0.1%
Raj Kumar Singh
Independent
201
0.0%
Ram Vilas Prasad
Independent
195
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal
368,972
53.0%
Ramlakhan Singh Yadav
Indian National Congress
290,625
41.7%
Vishwa Mohan Choudhary
Bharatiya Janata Party
27,415
3.9%
Brindra Paswan
JNP (JP)
1,433
0.2%
Rameshwar Dass
Independent
954
0.1%
Janardan Choubey
DDP
869
0.1%
Munna Singh
Independent
869
0.1%
Ram Jatan Singh
Independent
728
0.1%
Gobardhan Lal
Independent
706
0.1%
Dwarika Paswan
Independent
564
0.1%
Rajendra Singh
BKS
367
0.1%
Chandeshwar Pd.Singh
Independent
347
0.0%
Chandra Bhushan Singh
Independent
336
0.0%
Gajjendra Singh
Independent
250
0.0%
Balram Singh
Independent
249
0.0%
Badri Mistry
Independent
221
0.0%
Yugal Rai
Independent
219
0.0%
Md. Islam
Independent
210
0.0%
Rajdev Pd. Singh
Independent
179
0.0%
Rajiv Ranjan Pd.
Independent
174
0.0%
Subodh Kumar Sahu
Independent
170
0.0%
Ravindra Nath Singh
LKD (B)
163
0.0%
Shiv Nandan Prasad
Independent
141
0.0%
Arun Kumar Singh
Independent
75
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal
416,275
59.2%
Sidheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
241,736
34.4%
Brahmdeo Prasad
IPF
18,691
2.7%
Vinod Yadav
Bharatiya Janata Party
16,765
2.4%
Kanhaiya Jamadar
Independent
2,401
0.3%
Kapildeo Prasad
Independent
1,182
0.2%
Phulchand Singh
Janata Party
1,051
0.1%
Amarkant Paswan
Independent
742
0.1%
Vijay Anand
DBM
487
0.1%
Ram Naresh Singh
Independent
325
0.0%
Aroon Prasad
SOP(L)
277
0.0%
Rameshwar Das
Independent
261
0.0%
Ram Anugarh N. Singh Yadav
Independent
191
0.0%
Raj Deo Prasad Singh
Independent
178
0.0%
Lalan Paswan
Independent
177
0.0%
Ram Balak Thakur
Independent
169
0.0%
Satyendra Nath Verma
ABSP
166
0.0%
Chandradeep Dass
Independent
158
0.0%
Jagdeo Dass
Independent
151
0.0%
Vishnu Narayan Chaubey
Independent
151
0.0%
Raghavendra Kumar Singh
Independent
140
0.0%
Ram Kumar Singh
Independent
134
0.0%
Rajendra Singh
Independent
131
0.0%
Nityanand Singh
Independent
119
0.0%
Harkit Manjhi
Independent
110
0.0%
Dwarika Paswan
Independent
110
0.0%
Sunil Singh
Independent
101
0.0%
Ajay Kumar
Independent
100
0.0%
Satish Chandra Mishra
Independent
95
0.0%
Nawal Singh
Independent
89
0.0%
Baijnath Singh
Independent
88
0.0%
Bindeshwar Rai
Independent
72
0.0%
Satendera Singh
Independent
70
0.0%
Aroon Kumar Singh (Sosandi)
Independent
62
0.0%
R.D. Gupta
DDP
59
0.0%
Bhola Prasad Singh
Independent
59
0.0%
Aroon Kumar Singh (Mahamadpur)
Independent
57
0.0%
Jainendra Singh
Independent
56
0.0%
Chandrashekhar Prasad
Independent
52
0.0%
Sanjoi Kumar Singh
Independent
38
0.0%
Rajiv Ranjan Prasad
Independent
35
0.0%
Surender Singh
Independent
31
0.0%
Rameshwar Singh Azad
Independent
28
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
SAP
360,156
51.5%
Vijay Krishna
Janata Dal
295,302
42.2%
Uma Yadav
CPI (ML) Liberation
17,263
2.5%
Punam Devi
Indian National Congress
9,403
1.3%
Pramatama Singh
VJP
3,328
0.5%
Ram Balak Prasad
Independent
2,044
0.3%
Vijay Nand
ABDBM
1,801
0.3%
Jai Shankar Prasad Jha
Shiv Sena
1,470
0.2%
Pawan Kumar
Independent
1,127
0.2%
Jitendra Kr.Singh
Independent
1,049
0.1%
Chandeshwar Sharma
Independent
845
0.1%
Punia Devi
Independent
716
0.1%
Dharmendra Rai
Independent
660
0.1%
Jawahar Sao
Independent
601
0.1%
Shiv Bachan Paswan
Independent
585
0.1%
Brij Nandan Prasad Singh
Independent
526
0.1%
Sheela Devi
Independent
504
0.1%
Sambhu Nath Singh
AIIC(T)
489
0.1%
Pankaj Gapi
Independent
439
0.1%
Vinay Kumar Singh
Independent
427
0.1%
Rajendra Singh
Independent
425
0.1%
Om Prakash
Independent
408
0.1%
Ranvir Singh
Independent
323
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
SAP
356,836
47.7%
Vijoy Krishna
Rashtriya Janata Dal
341,646
45.7%
Brij Nandan Yadav
Janata Dal
34,264
4.6%
Satyendra Singh
Independent
3,717
0.5%
Kapildeo Pd. Yadav
BJC
3,115
0.4%
Jitendra Thakur
LS
2,671
0.4%
Vinda Chauhan
Independent
2,450
0.3%
Ranvir Singh
Independent
1,052
0.1%
Nagendra Pd. Singh
Independent
984
0.1%
Madan Sharma
Independent
929
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
362,016
48.2%
Vijay Krishna
Rashtriya Janata Dal
360,681
48.0%
Shashi Devi
CPI (ML) Liberation
21,128
2.8%
Tarkeshwar Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,576
0.3%
Sidheshwar Prasad Rahi
Independent
1,609
0.2%
Ranveer Singh
Independent
596
0.1%
Rajkumar Singh
Independent
532
0.1%
Mithilesh Kumar
Independent
501
0.1%
Shailendra Paswan
Rashtriya Lok Dal
454
0.1%
Janardan Prasad
Independent
294
0.0%
Dr Arvind Kumar
Janata Dal (Secular)
281
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vijay Krishna
Rashtriya Janata Dal
426,856
49.4%
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
389,168
45.0%
Anandi Mahto
Bahujan Samaj Party
16,240
1.9%
Mithilesh Yadav
CPI (ML) Liberation
12,940
1.5%
Satendra Kumar Singh
Independent
7,983
0.9%
Sarbind Kumar
Independent
4,810
0.6%
Indra Kumar Singh Chandapuri
Samajwadi Party
4,563
0.5%
Sanjay Kumar
Rashtriya Lok Dal
1,542
0.2%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Barh has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (U), Janata Dal, SAP, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Barh in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Vijay Krishna (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Barh, Bihar, in 2004 with 426,856 votes (49.4%), a margin of 37,688 votes over Nitish Kumar.
Which parties have won Barh since 1957?
Since 1957, Barh has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (U), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP.
What was the closest result in Barh?
The closest result on record for Barh was 1999, when Janata Dal (United) beat Rashtriya Janata Dal by just 1,335 votes (0.2 percentage points).