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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 2005 (Feb)Reserved (SC)

Garkha

Winner — 2005 (Feb)

RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI
IND
IND 36.2%RJD 29.7%12 others 34.2%
Votes
28,787
36.2% share
Winning margin
5,184
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
43.5%
of 1,82,834

A clear win with a 6.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI
IND
28,78736.2%
2
MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY
23,60329.7%
3
PARMANAND RAM
NDA
14,39418.1%
4
SUKESH KUMAR RAM
IND
3,1844.0%
5
YADU RAM
BSP
1,9742.5%
6
RATAN PASWAN
1,9242.4%
7
SHEO DAYAL DAS
IND
1,8272.3%
8
YOGENDRA RAM
IND
1,0201.3%
9
INDRAJIT RAM
IND
9011.1%
10
VISHWA MOHAN KUMAR PRASAD
AD
6180.8%
11
SANJAY KUMAR
3960.5%
12
JAY PRAKASH MANJHI
IND
3390.4%
13
AMRIT CHAWDHERY
IND
3340.4%
14
ATMA RAM
IND
2830.4%

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
lean
6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 1.9% · max 48.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
41st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
4.8%
lowerhigher
1st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 36.2%RJD 29.7%BJP 18.1%OTH 16.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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