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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1995Reserved (SC)
Garkha
Winner — 1995
MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARI
JD· Janata Dal
JD 44.8%INC 27.6%12 others 27.6%
Votes
42,765
44.8% share
Winning margin
16,426
17.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
58.7%
of 1,62,570
Garkha is a safe seat — MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARI won by 17.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARI | Janata Dal | 42,765 | 44.8% |
| 2 | RAGHU NANDAN MANJHI | INC | 26,339 | 27.6% |
| 3 | AMRIT CHAUDHARI | 11,800 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | GYAN CHAND MANJHI | BJP | 5,788 | 6.1% |
| 5 | RAM BABOO RAM | BPP | 3,633 | 3.8% |
| 6 | VIJOY KUMAR MANJHI | Samajwadi Party | 1,686 | 1.8% |
| 7 | RAM AYODHYA RAM | 872 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | RAJIV KUMAR | IND | 696 | 0.7% |
| 9 | RAJ KISHOR CHAUDHARI | IND | 468 | 0.5% |
| 10 | BISHWA NATH BAITHA | IND | 439 | 0.5% |
| 11 | BIRENDRA PRASAD | IND | 370 | 0.4% |
| 12 | RAMDEO RAM | IND | 207 | 0.2% |
| 13 | LALITESHWAR MANJHI | IND | 193 | 0.2% |
| 14 | ADITYA NARAYAN | IND | 136 | 0.1% |
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
lean17.2%
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
JD 44.8%INC 27.6%SAP 12.4%BJP 6.1%OTH 9.1%
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
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.