| Garkha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 119 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saran |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Saran |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 311,162 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Template:Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)/meta/shortname]] |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Garkha is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Garkha is a small town. Facilities include a police station and hospital. It is 55 km away from the state capital Patna.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 119 Garkha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Garkha community development block; Badlu Tola, Lohari, Purwi Telpa, Sherpur, Bishunupura, Khalpura Bala, Maharajganj, Chirand, Jalalpur, Bhairopur Nijamat, Dumari, Musepur, Raipur Bingawa and Kotwa Patti Rampur gram panchayats of Chapra CD Block.[1]
Garkha Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was previously part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Shivshankar Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Vishwanath Bhagat | Independent | |
| 1969 | Jaglal Chaudhary | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Raghunandan Majhi | ||
| 1977 | Muneshwar Choudhary | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Raghunandan Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Muneshwar Choudhary | Independent | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | Raghunandan Majhi | Independent | |
| 2005 | Gyanchand Manjhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Muneshwar Choudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Surendra Ram | ||
| 2025 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2025[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Surendra Ram | 91,134 | 44.78 |  2.43
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| LJP(RV) | Simant Mrinal | 78,330 | 38.49 | ||
| Independent | Muneshwar Chaudhary | 9,453 | 4.65 | ||
| Jan Suraaj Party | Manohar Kumar Ram | 5,314 | 2.61 | ||
| BSP | Avinash Kumar | 3,278 | 1.61 |  0.34
| |
| Independent | Raghunandan Manjhi | 2,774 | 1.36 | ||
| Independent | Rajkumar | 2,678 | 1.32 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,617 | 1.29 | 0.9
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| Majority | 12,804 | 6.29 | 0.67
| ||
| Turnout | 203,497 | 65.4 | 7.87
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| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2020[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Surendra Ram | 83,412 | 47.21 | −9.38 | |
| BJP | Gyanchand Manjhi | 73,475 | 41.59 | +10.29 | |
| JAP(L) | Muneshwar Choudhary | 4,419 | 2.5 | +1.97 | |
| Independent | Bigan Manjhi | 2,874 | 1.63 | ||
| Independent | Shiv Prasad Manjhi | 2,681 | 1.52 | ||
| BSP | Sabita Devi | 2,247 | 1.27 | +0.87 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,874 | 2.19 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 9,937 | 5.62 | −19.67 | ||
| Turnout | 176,670 | 57.53 | +1.83 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Muneshwar Chaudhary | 89,249 | 56.59 | ||
| BJP | Gyanchand Manjhi | 49,366 | 31.3 | ||
| Independent | Sampat Ram Rahi | 4,723 | 2.99 | ||
| CPI | Shivji Das | 2,246 | 1.42 | ||
| Independent | Raghunandan Manjhi | 2,224 | 1.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,027 | 3.19 | ||
| Majority | 39,883 | 25.29 | |||
| Turnout | 157,714 | 55.7 | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Garkha Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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