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Garhwa

Name: Garhwa
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1957

64,310

Electors

19,775

Votes polled

30.75%

Turnout

4,204

Margin

Winner

Rajeshwari Saroj Dass

Female

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Rajeshwari Saroj Dass Won Female	INC	8,993	45.48%
2	Sugreo Dhar Dubey Male	CNPSPJP	4,789	24.22%
3	Ram Keshwar Prasad Male	IND	3,641	18.41%
4	Rajeshwar Tewary Male	PSP	902	4.56%
5	Keshwar Singh Male	IND	799	4.04%
6	Bisheshwar Singh (ST) Male	JHP	651	3.29%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2000	Girinath Singh Male RJD	44.69%	Shyam Narayan Dubey Male BJP	32.65%
1995	Girinath Singh Male JD	27.45%	Shyam Narayan Dubey Male BJP	19.28%
1990	Gopinath Singh Male BJP	29.90%	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC	28.88%
1985	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJP	25.21%	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC	23.67%
1980	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC(I)	34.07%	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJP	27.30%
1977	Vinod N.Dixit Male JnP	69.91%	Deoraj Tiwari Male INC	19.07%
1972	Awadh Kishore Tiwari Male INC	31.68%	Vinod Narain Dixit Male SOP	30.27%
1969	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJS	43.81%	Binod Narayan Dixit Male SSP	34.27%
1967	L. Prasad Male INC	36.33%	V. N. Dixit Male SSP	27.89%
1962	Gopi Nath Prasad Singh Male SWA	69.91%	Jagnarayan Pathak Male INC	22.92%
1957	Rajeshwari Saroj Dass Female INC	45.48%	Sugreo Dhar Dubey Male CNPSPJP	24.22%