GARKHA
Assembly seat no. 119 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, Feb 2005
RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI
IND
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
RJD
won 4 of 16
Margin, Feb 2005
5,184
6.51% of valid votes
Result, Feb 2005
Runner-up
RJDMUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY
- Votes
- 23,603
- Vote share
- 29.66%
- Behind by
- 5,184
Electors
1,95,378
Total votes polled
79,584
Valid votes
79,584
NOTA votes
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Turnout
40.7%
Full result, Feb 2005
14 candidates · 79,584 valid votes
RAGHUNANDAN MANJHIINDwon
28,787
36.2%
MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARYRJD
23,603
29.7%
PARMANAND RAMBJP
14,394
18.1%
SUKESH KUMAR RAMIND
3,184
4.0%
YADU RAMBSP
1,974
2.5%
RATAN PASWANLJP
1,924
2.4%
SHEO DAYAL DASIND
1,827
2.3%
YOGENDRA RAMIND
1,020
1.3%
INDRAJIT RAMIND
901
1.1%
VISHWA MOHAN KUMAR PRASADAD
618
0.8%
SANJAY KUMARSP
396
0.5%
JAY PRAKASH MANJHIIND
339
0.4%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Surendra Ram | RJD | 91,134 | 44.78% | Simant Mrinal | 12,804 |
| 2020 | SURENDRA RAM | RJD | 83,412 | 47.21% | GYANCHAND MANJHI | 9,937 |
| 2015 | MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY | RJD | 89,249 | 56.59% | GYANCHAND MANJHI | 39,883 |
| 2010 | GYAN CHAND MANJHI | BJP | 41,033 | 39.60% | MUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY | 1,787 |
| Nov 2005 | GYAN CHAND MANJHI | BJP | 28,634 | 34.59% | RAGHUNANDAN MANJHI | 1,817 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
