Garkha Assembly constituency

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

Garkha
Constituency No. 119 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Lok Sabha constituency	Saran
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Surendra Ram
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

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