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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Garkha<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 119-Garkha constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Surendra Ram]]<br />
| party = {{party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} <!--Name of the current MLA's party. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[Saran district|Saran]]<br />
| division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Saran Lok Sabha constituency|Saran]]<br />
| constituency_no = 119<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| electors = 311,162<br />
| abolished = <br />
}}<br />
'''Garkha''' is an [[Electoral district|assembly constituency]] in [[Saran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]].<br />
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Garkha is a small town. Facilities include a police station and hospital. It is 55 km away from the state capital [[Patna]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per [[Delimitation Commission of India|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 panchayat]]s of Chapra CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Garkha Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 20 [[Saran Lok Sabha constituency|Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was previously part of [[Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Garkha Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/garkha.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|Shivshankar Prasad Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|Vishwanath Bhagat<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Jaglal Chaudhary<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Raghunandan Majhi<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Muneshwar Choudhary<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Raghunandan Majhi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |Muneshwar Choudhary<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|Raghunandan Majhi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Gyanchand Manjhi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|Muneshwar Choudhary<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Surendra Ram]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Garkha<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Surendra Ram]]<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:91134}}<br />
|percentage = 44.78<br />
|change = {{decrease}}2.43<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Simant Mrinal<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:78330}}<br />
|percentage = 38.49<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Muneshwar Chaudhary<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9453}}<br />
|percentage = 4.65<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Manohar Kumar Ram<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5314}}<br />
|percentage = 2.61<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Avinash Kumar<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3278}}<br />
|percentage = 1.61<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.34<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Raghunandan Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2774}}<br />
|percentage = 1.36<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rajkumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2678}}<br />
|percentage = 1.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2617}}<br />
|percentage = 1.29<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.9<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:12804}}<br />
|percentage = 6.29<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.67<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:203497}}<br />
|percentage = 65.4<br />
|change = {{increase}}7.87<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|loser = Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Garkha<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Surendra Ram<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:83412}}<br />
|percentage = 47.21<br />
|change = -9.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Gyanchand Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:73475}}<br />
|percentage = 41.59<br />
|change = +10.29<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Muneshwar Choudhary<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4419}}<br />
|percentage = 2.5<br />
|change = +1.97<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Bigan Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2874}}<br />
|percentage = 1.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Shiv Prasad Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2681}}<br />
|percentage = 1.52<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Sabita Devi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2247}}<br />
|percentage = 1.27<br />
|change = +0.87<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3874}}<br />
|percentage = 2.19<br />
|change = -1.0<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9937}}<br />
|percentage = 5.62<br />
|change = -19.67<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:176670}}<br />
|percentage = 57.53<br />
|change = +1.83<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Garkha<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Muneshwar Chaudhary<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:89249}}<br />
|percentage = 56.59<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Gyanchand Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:49366}}<br />
|percentage = 31.3<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Sampat Ram Rahi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4723}}<br />
|percentage = 2.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Shivji Das<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2246}}<br />
|percentage = 1.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Raghunandan Manjhi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2224}}<br />
|percentage = 1.41<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5027}}<br />
|percentage = 3.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:39883}}<br />
|percentage = 25.29<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:157714}}<br />
|percentage = 55.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Saran district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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