Digha Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Bihar, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Digha Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar in India. It comes under Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Digha Assembly constituency has six panchayats and 14 wards. The wards are of Patna Municipal Corporation.[2] Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.[3] This constituency is dominated by the Kayastha Caste .In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[4][5]
| Digha Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 181 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Patna |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 30 Patna Sahib |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 4,60,868 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
| Preceded by | Punam Devi |
Overview
Digha comprises:
- Gram Panchayat Nakta Diyara, Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6,
- Pataliputra Housing Colony (OG) – Ward No. 38 & Digha-Mainpura (OG) Ward No. 39,
- Badalpura (OG) Ward No. 40,
- Sabazpura (OG) Ward No. 41 & Khalilpura (OG) Ward No. 42 in Patna (MC + OG) of Patna Rural CD Block.[6]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2010 | Punam Devi | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 97,318 | 57.09 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Shashi Yadav | 51,084 | 29.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,133 | 1.25 | ||
| Majority | 46,234 | 27.12 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 92,671 | 50.74 | ||
| JD(U) | Rajeev Ranjan Prasad | 67,892 | 37.17 | ||
| HVD | Uday Chandra Choudhary | 2,673 | 1.46 | ||
| SASAPT | Rajeev Ranjan (Pintu Singh) | 2,597 | 1.42 | ||
| CPI | Pramod Kumar Nandan | 1,827 | 1.00 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 1,490 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 24,779 | 13.57 | |||
| Turnout | 1,82,656 | 42.12 | |||
| BJP gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Punam Devi | 81,247 | 62.03 | ||
| LJP | Satya Nand Sharma | 20,785 | 15.87 | ||
| INC | Rajesh Kumar Sinha | 9,215 | 7.04 | ||
| Independent | Harendra Prasad Singh | 6,909 | 5.28 | ||
| JD(S) | Mohd. Danish Khan | 2,742 | 2.09 | ||
| Majority | 60,462 | 46.16 | |||
| Turnout | 1,30,974 | 38.31 | |||
| JD(U) win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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