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Garkha Assembly constituency

Garkha
Constituency No. 119 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
LS constituencySaran
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Surendra Ram
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year2020

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

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

Election results

2020

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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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