# Bara 4 (constituency)

Bara 4 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Bara District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

## Incorporated areas

Bara 4 incorporates Parwanipur Rural Municipality, Prasauni Rural Municipality, Bishrampur Rural Municipality, ward 17 of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City, wards 1–4 of Pheta Rural Municipality, and wards 1–10 and 19–24 of Jitpur Simara Sub-metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
* Bara 4(A)
* Bara 4(B)

## Members of Parliament
### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Salim Miya Ansari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| March 1998 | Salim Miya Ansari | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Farmullah Mansoor | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Jitendra Prasad Sonar | Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party |
| 2013 | Nazma Khatun | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Ekbal Miya | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
| April 2020 | Ekbal Miya | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| August 2021 | Ekbal Miya | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
| 2022 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Socialist) |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 30,341 | 43.80 |
| | Ekbal Miya | CPN (UML) | 20,336 | 29.36 |
| | Ichchha Bahadur Wagle | Independent | 5,542 | 8.00 |
| | Pavan Chaudhary | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 3,884 | 5.61 |
| | Jalil Dewan | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 3,205 | 4.63 |
| | Hari Prasad Kurmi | Janamat Party | 2,211 | 3.19 |
| | Sunil Prasad Sah Kalwar | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | 1,549 | 2.24 |
| | Santosh Kumar Gupta | Hamro Nepali Party | 1,042 | 1.50 |
| | Others | | 1,156 | 1.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | 69,266 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,005 | |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain |
| Source: |||||

### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Ekbal Miya | 22,275 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Dev Narayan Tharu | 20,607 |
| | Nepali Congress | Lal Babu Singh Bhuihar | 14,516 |
| | Others | Others | 2,735 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,246 |
| Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Nazma Khatun | 12,361 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sunil Kumar Gupta Kalwar | 7,396 |
| | Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party | Jitendra Prasad Sonar | 6,199 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Suresh Prasad | 3,442 |
| | Terai Madesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal | Jaya Prakash Yadav | 2,131 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Brijlal Prasad Yadav | 1,969 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Yogendra Prasad Dhanuk | 1,396 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chiranjibi Bhakta Paudel | 1,112 |
| | Others | Others | 4,450 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party | Jitendra Prasad Sonar | 9,624 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mahmood Aalam | 8,453 |
| | Nepali Congress | Farmullah Mansoor | 8,353 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Sonalal Sah Teli | 5,179 |
| | Rastriya Janata Dal | Yunush Ansari | 3,000 |
| | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Sani Thakurai | 2,985 |
| | Others | Others | 5,038 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,329 |
| Result | Result | TMLP gain | TMLP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Farmullah Mansoor | 24,409 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mahmood Aalam | 16,927 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Salim Miya Ansari | 8,269 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Brijlal Prasad Bhagat | 7,211 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Bharat Prasad Kalwar | 2,132 |
| | Others | Others | 1,389 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,317 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Salim Miya Ansari | 20,148 |
| | Nepali Congress | Farmullah Mansoor | 16,848 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Mohan Prasad Nepali | 6,318 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 3,529 |
| | Independent | Yogendra Dhanuk | 1,668 |
| | Others | Others | 1,806 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Salim Miya Ansari | 20,547 |
| | Nepali Congress | Farmullah Mansoor | 16,036 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||