Garkha Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Garkha is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Garkha | |
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| 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 | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Garkha is a small town. Facilities include a police station and hospital. It is 55 km away from the state capital Patna.
Overview
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
| 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
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 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| 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
| 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 | |||