Garkha Assembly constituency

Garkha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Garkha Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Garkha
Assembly constituency
Garkha is located in Bihar
Garkha
Garkha
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°50′06″N 84°52′16″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Constituency No.119
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency20. Saran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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 earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of 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
1969 Jaglal Chaudhary Indian National Congress
1972 Raghunandan Majhi
1977 Muneshwar Choudhary Janata Party
1980 Raghunandan Majhi Indian National Congress (I)
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

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Garkha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

References

  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. "Garkha Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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