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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1990Reserved (SC)

Garkha

Winner — 1990

MUNESHWAR CHAUDHRY
IND
IND 39.8%JD 31.9%9 others 28.4%
Votes
36,684
39.8% share
Winning margin
7,290
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
60.2%
of 1,53,311

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUNESHWAR CHAUDHRY
IND
36,68439.8%
2
AMRIT CHAUDHRY
National Front
29,39431.9%
3
RAGHU NANDU MANJHI
INC
21,82223.6%
4
RAM BABU RAM
JNP(JP)
1,2061.3%
5
RAM PATI DAS
1,1131.2%
6
BIJAY KUMAR
IND
6150.7%
7
PERMOD KUMAR
LKD(B)
4970.5%
8
CHANDRIKA BHAGAT
IND
3080.3%
9
JANKI MANJHI
IND
2730.3%
10
JAI SHANKER PRASAD VAID
IND
2590.3%
11
SURENDRA MANJHI
IND
1050.1%

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
lean
7.9%
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
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 39.8%JD 31.9%INC 23.6%OTH 4.8%

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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