# Barkhera Assembly constituency

Barkhera Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Pilibhit district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1967 after the "DPACO (1967)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1967. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 128.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Barkhera Assembly constituency is KCs Neoria, Pauta Kalan & Nyoria Husainpur NP of Pilibhit Tehsil; KC Barkhera & Barkhera NP of Bisalpur Tehsil; PCs Athkona, Abhaipur M.Shahgarh, Karnapur, Itauria J.Biharipur, Dhakia Kesherpur, Shivnagar, Piparia Karam, Pachpera Prahladpur, Pachpera Garha, Prasadpur, Lalpur T.Madhautanda, Burhia J.Itauria, Raipur M.Rampur, Rampura M. Bhabsi, Shahgar & Sandai of West KC of Puranpur Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| # | Term | Name | Party | From | To | Days | Comments |
| 01 | 04th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Mar-1967 | Apr-1968 | 402 | – |
| 02 | 05th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Feb-1969 | Mar-1974 | 1,832 | – |
| 03 | 06th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Mar-1974 | Apr-1977 | 1,153 | – |
| 04 | 07th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Janata Party | Jun-1977 | Feb-1980 | 969 | – |
| 05 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Baboo Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | Jun-1980 | Mar-1985 | 1,735 | – |
| 06 | 09th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mar-1985 | Nov-1989 | 1,725 | – |
| 07 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Sannu Lal | Independent | Dec-1989 | Apr-1991 | 488 | – |
| 08 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jun-1991 | Dec-1992 | 533 | – |
| 09 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dec-1993 | Oct-1995 | 693 | – |
| 10 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Peetam Ram | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Oct-1996 | May-2002 | 1,967 | – |
| 11 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Peetam Ram | Samajwadi Party | Feb-2002 | May-2007 | 1,902 | – |
| 12 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Sukh Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | May-2007 | Mar-2012 | 1,762 | – |
| 13 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Hemraj Verma | Samajwadi Party | Mar-2012 | Mar-2017 | – | – |
| 14 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Kishan Lal Rajpoot | Bhartiya Janta Party | Mar-2017 | Mar-2022 | – | – |
| 15 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Swami Pravaktanand | Bhartiya Janta Party | Mar-2022 | Incumbent | – | – |

## Election Results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Barkhera :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Swami Pravaktanand | 151,771 | 63.80 |
| | SP | Hemraj Verma | 70,299 | 29.55 |
| | BSP | Mohan Swaroop | 9,383 | 3.94 |
| | INC | Harpreet Pal Singh | 2,702 | 1.14 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,863 | 0.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81,472 | 34.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,37,878 | 73.46 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2012

2012 General Elections: Barkhera :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Hemraj Verma | 69,256 | 35.27 | – |
| | BJP | Swami Pravaktanand | 38,882 | 19.8 | – |
| | BSP | Arshad Khan | 29,823 | 15.19 | – |
| | | Remainder 19 candidates | 58,418 | 29.75 | – |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,374 | 15.47 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 196,379 | 69.75 | – |
| | SP gain from BJP | SP gain from BJP | Swing | | |