| Garkha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 119 for theBihar 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 | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Garkha is anassembly constituency inSaran district in theIndianstate ofBihar. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
Garkha is a small town. Facilities include a police station and hospital. It is 55 km away from the state capitalPatna.
As perDelimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 119 Garkha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Garkhacommunity development block; Badlu Tola, Lohari, Purwi Telpa, Sherpur, Bishunupura, Khalpura Bala, Maharajganj, Chirand, Jalalpur, Bhairopur Nijamat, Dumari, Musepur, Raipur Bingawa and Kotwa Patti Rampurgram panchayats of Chapra CD Block.[1]
Garkha Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 20Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was previously part ofChapra (Lok Sabha constituency).
| 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Surendra Ram | 91,134 | 44.78 |  2.43 | |
| LJP(RV) | Simant Mrinal | 78,330 | 38.49 | ||
| Independent | Muneshwar Chaudhary | 9,453 | 4.65 | ||
| JSP | 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 | |
| Majority | 12,804 | 6.29 | 0.67 | ||
| Turnout | 203,497 | 65.4 | 7.87 | ||
| RJDhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| RJDhold | Swing | ||||
| 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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