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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1985Reserved (SC)
Garkha
Winner — 1985
RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI
INC· INC
INC 27.7%JNP 25.7%5 others 46.6%
Votes
16,397
27.7% share
Winning margin
1,146
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.6%
of 1,22,040
Garkha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,146 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI | INC | 16,397 | 27.7% |
| 2 | RAM SUNDER DAS | Janata | 15,251 | 25.7% |
| 3 | MUNESHWAR CHAUDHRY | IND | 13,231 | 22.3% |
| 4 | AMRIT CHAUDHRY | Lok Dal | 12,877 | 21.7% |
| 5 | INERJIT RAM | IND | 705 | 1.2% |
| 6 | PUNTA DEO DAS PUNYA | IND | 526 | 0.9% |
| 7 | JAWAHAR LAL RAM | IND | 283 | 0.5% |
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 (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 1.9% · max 48.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
41st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
4.8%
lowerhigher
1st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 27.7%JNP 25.7%IND 22.3%LKD 21.7%OTH 2.6%
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.