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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Garkha
Winner — 1980
RAGHU NANDAN MANJI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 30.9%JNP(SC) 25.4%5 others 43.7%
Votes
16,586
30.9% share
Winning margin
2,977
5.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
44.9%
of 1,19,502
A clear win with a 5.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAGHU NANDAN MANJI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 16,586 | 30.9% |
| 2 | AMRIT CHOUDHARY | JNP(SC) | 13,609 | 25.4% |
| 3 | MUNESHWAR CHOUDHARY | JNP(JP) | 13,555 | 25.3% |
| 4 | SHEO DAYAL RAI ALIAS SHEO DAYAL DAS | Left | 7,639 | 14.2% |
| 5 | SHAMBOO CHOUDHARY | JNP(SR) | 1,096 | 2.0% |
| 6 | RAJA RAM DAS | BJP | 734 | 1.4% |
| 7 | RAVINDRA NATH RAVI | IND | 419 | 0.8% |
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
lean5.5%
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(I) 30.9%JNP(SC) 25.4%JNP(JP) 25.3%CPI 14.2%OTH 4.2%
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.