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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1969Reserved (SC)
Garkha
Winner — 1969
JAGLAL CHAUDHARY
INC· INC
INC 57.4%SSP 34.9%2 others 7.8%
Votes
21,738
57.4% share
Winning margin
8,536
22.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
37.1%
of 1,02,196
Garkha is a safe seat — JAGLAL CHAUDHARY won by 22.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGLAL CHAUDHARY | INC | 21,738 | 57.4% |
| 2 | VISHWA NATH BHAGAT | Samyukta Socialist Party | 13,202 | 34.9% |
| 3 | LAGAN BAITHA | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2,699 | 7.1% |
| 4 | ANIL KUMAR HEMANT | BCP | 237 | 0.6% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean22.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
107th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.4%SSP 34.9%BJS 7.1%OTH 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.