Garkha Assembly constituency
| Garkha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 119 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| File:119-Garkha constituency.svg | |
| 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 | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Surendra Ram | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | MGB |
| 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 politician | |
| 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 politician | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | Raghunandan Majhi | Independent politician | |
| 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 | 46.46 | Decrease0.75 | |
| LJP(RV) | Simant Mrinal | 78330 | 39.94 | new | |
| Independent | Muneshwar Chaudhary | 9453 | 4.82 | new | |
| JSP | Manohar Kumar Ram | 5314 | 2.71 | new | |
| BSP | Avinash Kumar | 3278 | 1.67 | Increase0.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2617 | 1.33 | Decrease0.86 | |
| RLJP | Vigan Manjhi | 1660 | 0.85 | new | |
| RPI(A) | Nagendra Ram | 1428 | 0.73 | new | |
| Independent | Neeraj Ram | 1287 | 0.66 | new | |
| AAP | Sadan Kumar | 1010 | 0.52 | new | |
| Independent | Nand Kishor Manjhi | 806 | 0.41 | new | |
| Majority | 12804 | 6.52 | Increase0.90 | ||
| Turnout | 196142 | 41.40 | Decrease16.13 | ||
| 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 | |||
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