Garkha is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Saran district

Saran district

Saran District is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chapra district after the headquarters of the district - Chapra...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 119 Garkha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Garkha community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

; Badlu Tola, Lohari, Purwi Telpa, Sherpur, Bishunupura, Khalpura Bala, Maharajganj, Chirand, Jalalpur, Bhairopur Nijamat, Dumari, Musepur, Raipur Bingawa and Kotwa Patti Rampur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Chapra CD Block.

Garkha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)

Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)

Saran Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamenatary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of...

.It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chapra Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar state in eastern India till 2008. In 2008, after the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, Saran Lok Sabha constituency came into existence in place of it....

.

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, Gyan Chand Manjhi of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 won the Garkha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Muneshwar Chaudhary of RJD

Rashtriya Janata Dal

The Rashtriya Janata Dal is a political party in India, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Laloo Prasad Yadav. The party came about as a result of Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-president of Janata Dal, being evicted by Sharad Yadav, the then president, on corruption charges ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gyan Chand Manjhi of BJP defeated Raghunandan Manjhi of Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 in October 2005. Raghunandan Manjhi, Independent, defeated Muneshwar Chaudhary of RJD in February 2005. Muneshwar Chaudhary of RJD defeated Amrit Chaudhary of SAP

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

 in 2000. Muneshwar Chaudhary of JD

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 defeated Raghunandan Manjhi of Congress in 1995. Muneshwar Chaudhary, Independent, defeated Amrit Chaudhary of JD in 1990. Raghunandan Manjhi of Congress defeated Ram Sunder Das of JP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

in 1985 and Amrit Chaudhary of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Muneshwar Chaudhary of JP defeated Raghunandan Manjhi of Congress in 1977.